Saint Maria Crescentia Hoss

Also known as

• Mary Crescentia Hoss
• Crescentia Hoss

Memorial

• 5 April

Profile

Seventh of the eight children of Matthias Höss and Lucia Hoermann. Franciscan tertiary nun in 1703, admitted to the convent at Kaufbeuren, Germany at the request of the town’s Protestant mayor. Mistreated by her new sisters for her lack of a dowry, her holiness overcame their hostility, and she won them all over. Porter. Novice-mistress from 1726 to 1741. Reluctant superior of her house from 1741 until her death in 1744.

Born

• 20 October 1682 at Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany

Died

• Easter, 5 April 1744 at Kaufbeuren, Bavaria, Germany of natural causes
• interred in the chapel of her monastery

Venerated

• 2 August 1801 by Pope Pius VII (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 7 October 1900 by Pope Leo XIII

Canonized

• 25 November 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Crescentia Kloster
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• L’Osservatore Romano
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• uCatholic

Readings

God wants the convent rich in virtue, not in temporal goods. - Saint Maria Hoss

MLA Citation

• “Saint Maria Crescentia Hoss“. Saints.SQPN.com. 6 April 2013. Web. 20 May 2013. <>