Clemens August Graf Von Galen - Death and Beatification

Death and Beatification

Following his return from the wearisome travel to Vatican City, the new cardinal was celebrated enthusiastically in his native Westphalia and in his destroyed city of Münster, which still lay completely in ruins as a result of the air raids. He died a few days after his return from Rome in the St. Franziskus Hospital of Münster due to an appendix infection diagnosed too late. His last words were: "Yes, Yes, as God wills it. May God reward you for it. May God protect the dear fatherland. Go on working for him... oh, you dear Saviour!" He was buried in the family crypt of the Galen family in the destroyed Cathedral of Münster.

The cause for beatification was requested by his successor, Bishop Michael Keller of Münster and began under Pope Pius XII in 1956. It was concluded positively in November 2004 under Pope John Paul II. Clemens August Graf von Galen was beatified on October 9, 2005 outside St. Peter's Basilica by Pope Benedict XVI, the 47th anniversary of the death of Pope Pius (1958).

Clemens August Graf von Galen ancestors
16. Wilhelm Ferdinand von Galen
(1690–1769)
8. Clemens August Johann Joseph Nepomuk Maria von Galen
(1748–1820)
17. Sophie von Merveldt
(1730–1810)
4. Graf Matthias von Galen
(1800–1880)
18. Johann Mathias Kaspar Friedrich Joseph von Ascheberg
(1737–1818)
9. Anna Angela Caroline von Ascheberg
(1773–1806)
19. Maria Franziska Carolina Josepha Ferdinanda von Etzbach
(1744–1821)
2. Ferdinand Heribert Ludwig von Galen
(1831–1906)
20. Clemens August Antonius Ignatz von Ketteler
(1751–1815)
10. Maximilian Friedrich Ludwig Alexander Clemens Joseph Maria Anton von Ketteler
(1779–1832)
21. Maria Anna Alexandrina von Galen
(1752–1829)
5. Freiin Anna Maria von Ketteler
(1803–1884)
22. Clemens August Franz Xaver Stephan von der Wenge zu Beck
(1740–1818)
11. Klementine von der Wenge zu Beck
(1778–1844)
23. Maria Ludovika Wilheklmine von Eynatten
(1748–1803)
1. Clemens August Joseph von Galen
(1878–1946)
24. Graf Carl Wilhelm Franz Xaver Adam von Spee
(1758–1810)
12. Graf Franz Ambrosius Joseph Anton Adam von Spee
(1781–1859)
25. Anna Elisabeth Augusta von Hompesch-Bollheim
(1763–1785)
6. Wilhelm Constantin Hubert von Spee
(1813–1882)
26. Ferdinand-August von Merveldt
(1759–1834)
13. Gräfin Sophie Maria von Merveldt
(1786–1848)
27. Gräfin Theresia von Pergen
(1763–1802)
3. Elisabeth von Spee
(1842–1920)
28. Aloys Friedrich Joseph von Brühl
(1739–1793)
14. Graf Friedrich August von Brühl
(1791–1856)
29. Josepha Christina Amalie Schaffgotsch genannt Semperfrei von und zu Kynast und Greiffenstein
(1764–1846)
7. Franziska von Brühl
(1818–1844)
30. Franz Joseph von Sternberg-Manderscheid
(1763–1830)
15. Auguste von Sternberg-Manderscheid
(1793–1820)
31. Maria Franziska von Schönborn-Heussenstamm
(1763–1825)

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