Theophil Ruderstaller (born 1906 in

Ostermiething Ostermiething is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Ostermiething lies in the upper Innviertel on the western edge of the Weilhart forest directly across the Salzach from Germany. The ...

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; died 10 June 1946, in

Fuxin Fuxin ( zh, s= , p=Fùxīn) is a prefecture-level city in northwestern Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, bordering the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to the north. As of the 2020 census, its decreasing total population was 1,647, ...

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) was a capuchin and

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. In 2005, Bishop Joseph Wei from

Qiqihar Qiqihar (also spelled Tsitsihar) is the second-largest city in the Heilongjiang province of China, in the west central part of the province. The built-up (or metro) area made up of Longsha, Tiefeng and Jianhua districts had 959,787 inhabitants, w ...

- since 2002 apostolic administrator of the former Capuchin mission Kiamusze (Jiamusi) - told Gaudentius Walser from the North Tyrolean Capuchin province that two coffins with the corpses of Theophil Ruderstaller (Ostermiething) and

Antonin Schörcksnadel Antonin may refer to: People * Antonin (name) Places ;Poland * Antonin, Jarocin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Kalisz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship * Antonin, Ostr� ...

(Innsbruck) had been found while digging a fountain in the garden of a private house. On 10 July 1946 they were shot in the parsonage. Currently, there is a

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running for Theophil Ruderstaller.

Literature

Hermenegild Hintringer Saint Hermenegild or Ermengild (died 13 April 585; ; , from Gothic ''𐌹𐍂𐌼𐌿𐌽𐌰𐌲𐌹𐌻𐌳𐍃 *Airmana-gild'', "immense tribute"), was the son of King Liuvigild of the Visigothic Kingdom in the Iberian Peninsula and southern ...

: ''Der oberösterreichische Chinamissionar und Märtyrer P. Theophil Ruderstaller († 1946).'' In: Neues Archiv für die Geschichte der Diözese Linz Jg. 1 (1981/82), S. 62–75. * Hermenegild Hintringer: ''P. Theophil Ruderstaller OFM Cap. von Ostermiething. Ein ehemaliger Petriner und Blutzeuge für die katholische Kirche in China.'' In: ''Gedenkschrift zum 50. Schuljahr des Bischöflichen Gymnasiums am Kollegium Petrinum'', Linz 1954, S. 82–83. *

Gisela Gensch Gisela may refer to: People * Gisela (name) Full name * Gisela, Abbess of Chelles (757–810), daughter of Pepin the Short, sister of Charlemagne ** Gisela, daughter of Charlemagne (781–808) * Gisela, daughter of Louis the Pious (born 821), co ...

: 'Lu Shen Fu – der Missionar', Dokumentarischer Roman mit 340 interessanten teilweise historischen Abbildungen, Anmerkungen, Anhang, Originalbriefkopien von Bruder Theophil aus China, Bibliographie; 584 Seiten, 2009, Dr. Bachmaier Verlag München,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruderstaller, Theo 1906 births 1946 deaths 20th-century Austrian people Capuchin missionaries in China Austrian Roman Catholic missionaries Austrian expatriates in China People from Braunau am Inn District