!!!Fidelis, Heiliger eigentlich Markus Roy

b. Sigmaringen (Germany), 1577, 
d. Seewis im Praettigau (Graubuenden, Switzerland), April 24, 1622; 
second patron saint of the Federal Province of Vorarlberg; originally 
law scholar; Capuchin preacher at Feldkirch during the Counter 
Reformation 1519-1521. Beaten to death at Seewis and canonized in 
1746. His head is buried in the Capuchin church at Feldkirch.

!Literature
R. Schell, F. von Sigmaringen 1577-1977, 1977.



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