Franz Alexander Kern
Franz Alexander Kern (11 April 1897 - 20 October 1924), also known by his religious name Jakob, was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member from the Premonstratensians. Kern served as a soldier in the Austro-Hungarian armed forces during World War I and suffered threatening injuries that impeded his health for the remainder of his life and which often hampered his studies. He fostered an intense devotion for the Eucharist - for which he was known - and was often found in constant Eucharistic Adoration.
Kern was beatified on 21 June 1998 in Vienna during the apostolic visit of Pope John Paul II to Austria.
Patron saint of Soldiers; Ill people
In the Martyrology
- October 20 Blessed Jakob Kern, Premonstratensian priest