László Batthyány-Strattmann
John Paul II | |
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Feast | 22 January |
László, 7th Prince Batthyany-Strattmann (
Early life
László
According to the will of his father, he first prepared himself to care for the vast property of the Batthyánys. He first studied
Career and family
Batthyány became a student of medicine in 1896, and gained his degree of M.D. in 1900.[3] He trained as a general practitioner, but soon specialized in surgery, and later in ophthalmology. This period was also accompanied by a renewal of his religious faith. He met Countess Maria Theresia Coreth zu Coredo und Starkenberg, a devout Catholic, whom he married in Vienna on 10 November 1898. The couple had thirteen children 3 of which were boys and the other 10 were daughters.
In 1902 Batthyány opened a private hospital with twenty-five beds in Kittsee, Austria,[3] where he worked as a general practitioner, later specializing as a surgeon and oculist. During the First World War, the hospital was enlarged to take in wounded soldiers for treatment.
In 1915, Batthyány and his family moved to the castle of
Death
At the age of 60, Batthyány was diagnosed with cancer of the bladder and admitted to the Löw sanatorium in Vienna, Austria. After fourteen months of illness, he died in January 1931.
Beatification
The beatification process was begun in 1944 as a joint effort of the
References
Further reading
- Josef Dirnbeck: Geöffnete Augen. Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann und sein Leben als "Arzt der Armen". Güssing 2003. ISBN 3-9500984-1-0
- Rudolf Kroyer: Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann - EIn Leben im Dienste Gottes und der Menschen. Eisenstadt 1986/1999
- Erzsébet Pálffy-Batthyány: Batthyány-Strattmann László ferences herceg. Budapest 1931
- Mária Puskely: Dr. Batthyány-Strattmann László. 1870-1931. Dokumentált életrajz. Budapest 2001
External links
- Official biography on the Vatican website
- Official website of the Batthyany Family
- Dr. Ladislaus Batthyány-Strattmann, a confraternity of prayer