Anton (Pater Sigismund) Stirnimann
Person Events
Event Type |
Date |
Place |
Description |
Birth |
18 Aug 1844 |
Neuenkirch, Luzern, Switzerland |
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Christening |
18 Aug 1844 |
Neuenkirch, Switzerland |
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Occupation |
1867 |
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Hooded monk |
Death |
18 Jan 1904 |
Arth |
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Notes
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Godparents were: Anton Wolfisberg & Maria Weber.
FROM JOSEPH STIRNIMANN
The 5th son of the couple Jost Stirnimann and Elisabeth Weber became on 18 August 1844 in the parish church Neuenkirch on the name Sigismund baptized. He became be like brother Klemens a Kapuziner. Brother Sigismund, how he was known as a Kapuziner, on 17 September 1867 his Ordens profess became, on 18 October 1870 he became the head priest. The stations of his 38 year lasting order life were the Klöster Sarnen, Dornach, Altdorf, Sursee, Mels, Rapperswil, Olten and since 1899 Arth where he died on 18 January 1904. The chronicler attests: "with P. Sigismund a soulful enthusiastic and dutiful priest was carried to his grave." |