Saint Wernher
- Also known as
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Werner
Wernher the Glass-Blower
Wernher of Oberwessel
Wernher of Trier
- Memorial
- 19 April
- Profile
- House servant at Oberwessel, Germany.
Kidnapped and murdered at age 14 just after receiving Communion on Maundy Thursday.
Venerated in Trier, Germany.
Because Wernher's employers were Jewish, and because his death occurred during Holy Week, the incident led to another of the execrable instances of a local Jews being accused of using the blood of Christian children in their ceremonies.
- Born
- c.1261 in Germany
- Died
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martyred on Maundy Thursday 1275
buried in Trier, Germany
miracles reported at his tomb
- Patronage
- kidnap victims
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