Celestine Kapsner
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Reverend Father Celestine Kapsner O.S.B. (April 29, 1892 - January 1973), was a Catholic
priest
and exorcist who was stationed at St. John's Abbey at Collegeville, Minnesota, in the early 1960s.
Father Kapsner began working with St. John's parish mission in 1928. Among other duties and activities, Kapsner was in charge of the garden. Kapsner was known to have taken part in exorcism
s. He translated a 1928 account of an exorcism by Father Theophilus Riesinger
from a German
magazine article, and published it, in 1935, in pamphlet form as Begone Satan!.
Father Kapsner died in Minnesota in January 1973. His pamphlet was important because it brought a detailed account of an American exorcism to a large audience for the first time in the United States.
Roman Catholic Church
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priest
Priest
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and exorcist who was stationed at St. John's Abbey at Collegeville, Minnesota, in the early 1960s.
Father Kapsner began working with St. John's parish mission in 1928. Among other duties and activities, Kapsner was in charge of the garden. Kapsner was known to have taken part in exorcism
Exorcism
Exorcism is the religious practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person or place which they are believed to have possessed...
s. He translated a 1928 account of an exorcism by Father Theophilus Riesinger
Theophilus Riesinger
Theophilus Riesinger a Roman Catholic priest, who later became an exorcist, was born in Germany and later resided in Marathon, Wisconsin, in the United States....
from a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
magazine article, and published it, in 1935, in pamphlet form as Begone Satan!.
Father Kapsner died in Minnesota in January 1973. His pamphlet was important because it brought a detailed account of an American exorcism to a large audience for the first time in the United States.
Published works
- The Ordinary of the Mass as a Means of Inculcating Religious Truth; an Essay, 1928
- Begone Satan!, 1935