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Sign: Vienna - A memorial plaque to priest Clement Mary Hofbauer


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Seilerstätte 26, 1010 Wien, Austria
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On the sign:
[Portrait of Clement Mary Hofbauer]
DER HEILIGE
CLEMENS MARIA HOFBAUER
PRIESTER DER CONGREGATION D. ALLERH. ERLÖSERS
DER APOSTEL WIENS
WIRKTE IN DER KIRCHE UND IM KLOSTER
DER EHRWÜRDIGEN URSULINEN
VON 1813 BIS ZU SEINEM TODE 1820
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The tablet mentions the Rev. Clement Mary Hofbauer who in his last years lived in Vienna. During Napoleon’s attacks on Vienna, he worked in a hospital and supported many wounded.

The sign was placed in 1910 when the figure of Hofbauer was made by the sculptor Franz Seifert.

The sign is in the Order House of the Holy Ursula Brotherhood where the priest operated and was photographed that day Click for a larger image

Translation of the text on the sign:
The Saint
Clemens Maria Hofbauer
Priest Of The Congregation D. Allerh. Redeemer
The Apostle Of Vienna
Worked in the Church and the Convent
of the Venerable Ursulines
From 1813 until his death in 1820

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