Hohenlohe, Prince (1794-1849)

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Hohenlohe, Prince (1794-1849)

A priest and claimed miracle healer whose full title was Alexander Leopold Franz Emmerick, Prince of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillings-Furst. He was born at Kupferzell, near Waldenburg, now in Bavaria, on August 17, 1794. He was ordained as a Catholic priest in 1815 and went to Rome, where he entered the Society of the Fathers of the Sacred Heart.

Prince Hohenlohe gained a great reputation as a miraculous healer at Bamberg and Munich and attracted large crowds. Eventually the authorities intervened to prevent his healing work. He traveled to Vienna and Hungary, becoming titular bishop of Sardica in 1844. He died at Vöslau, near Vienna, November 17, 1849.

Sources:

Baur, F. N. A Short and Faithful Description of the Remarkable Occurrences and Conduct of Prince Alexander of Hohenlohe. N.p., 1822.

Brunner, S. Aus dem Nachlasse des Furstein Aloysius von Hehenlohe. Regensburg: G. J. Manz, 1851.

Doyle, J. Miracles Said to Have Been Wrought by the Prince Hohenlohe. N.p., 1823.