Johann Philipp Jeningen (5 January 1642 – 8 February 1704) was a German Roman Catholic priest from Eichstätt in Bavaria. He served as a popular missionary at the shrine of Our Lady of Schönenberg and attracted many pilgrims from across the globe.
Life
Johann Philipp Jeningen was born in 1642. He entered the Society of Jesus on 19 January 1663 and was ordained in Eichstätt in 1672. He served his tertianship in Altötting, which gave him experience in caring for pilgrims.[1]
He served at the shrine of Our Lady of Schönenberg, near Ellwangen in Swabia, which had been made famous by the Jesuits. Jeningen, through the renown of his personal holiness, drew pilgrims from near and far.[2] For many years he went forth on missions in the entire neighbouring country. He conducted about fifty missions annually from Ellwangen.[3]
He died in 1704 and is remembered as the "Apostle of the Ries".[4]
