Andreas Oxner

Andreas Oxner
Andreas Oxner
Child of Judenstein
BornAnderl Oxner von Rinn
c. 1459
Austria
Died12 July 1462 (aged 3)
Rinn, Austria
Venerated inFolk Catholicism
Beatified1752 by Pope Benedict XIV
Major shrineJudenstein
ControversyBlood libel
Catholic cult suppressed
1994 by Reinhold Stecher

Anderl (Andreas) Oxner von Rinn, also known as Andreas Oxner, (c. 1459 – 12 July 1462) is a Blessed of the Roman Catholic Church. The three-year-old boy was said to have been ritually murdered by the Jews in the village of Rinn (Northern Tyrol, currently part of Austria).

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