Monastery operation
MonasteryBad Staffelstein
Vierzehnheiligen Abbey
Vierzehnheiligen Monastery is a Franciscan monastery near the Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen near Bad Staffelstein.
In 1839, the Franciscans of the Bavarian Order Province were commissioned by King Ludwig I of Bavaria to take over the care of the pilgrimage church. From 1744 until the secularization in 1803, Cistercians had looked after the pilgrims.
In addition to the Franciscan monastery, there is also the motherhouse of the St. Francis Sisters of Vierzehnheiligen. In 1890, Father Dr. Peter Natili founded a home nursing association in Munich, which later joined the Third Order of St. Francis and moved its headquarters to Vierzehnheiligen. In 1921, this community received ecclesiastical recognition.
Monastery Study+
The St. Francis Sisters participated in the monastery study. According to the results, nuns and women of the general population live approximately the same length of time, closely followed by monks who have an average life expectancy one to two years shorter than both groups of women. Significantly trailing are men of the general population, who live on average six years shorter than nuns and women of the general population and up to four and a half years shorter than monks.
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