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Celestine Kapsner (view source)
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'''Reverend Father Celestine Kapsner O.S.B.''' (April 29, 1892 - January 1973), was a Benedictine Catholic priest<ref>Time Magazine, March 2, 1936</ref> and exorcist whose account of an American exorcism brought delivance to the attention of a large audience for the first time in the United States.
'''Reverend Father Celestine Kapsner O.S.B.''' (April 29, 1892 - January 18, 1973), was a Benedictine Catholic priest<ref>Time Magazine, March 2, 1936</ref> and exorcist whose account of an American exorcism brought delivance to the attention of a large audience for the first time in the United States.
Father Kapsner was stationed at St. John's Abbey at Collegeville, Minnesota, in the early 1960's.
Father Kapsner was stationed at St. John's Abbey at Collegeville, Minnesota, in the early 1960's.
Among Father Kapsner's other duties and activities, he was in charge of the garden. Kapsner was also known to have taken part in exorcisms. He translated a 1928 account of an exorcism by Father [[Theophilus Riesinger]] from a German magazine and published it, as ''Begon Satan!'' in 1935.
Among Father Kapsner's other duties and activities, he was in charge of the garden. Kapsner was also known to have taken part in exorcisms. He translated a 1928 account of an exorcism by Father [[Theophilus Riesinger]] from a German magazine and published it, as ''Begon Satan!'' in 1935.
Father Kapsner died in Minnesota in January 1973. His pamphlet was important because it brought a detailed account of an exorcism to the American public for the first time.
Father Kapsner died in Minnesota on the 18th of January, 1973. His pamphlet was important because it brought a detailed account of an exorcism to the American public for the first time.
A book of genealogy that he wrote entitled, ''Kapsner Family Tree, 1874-1974'' was postumously published in 1974.<ref>[Open Library http://openlibrary.org/b/OL4935126M/Kapsner_family_tree__1874-1974]</ref>
A book of genealogy that he wrote entitled, ''Kapsner Family Tree, 1874-1974'' was postumously published in 1974.<ref>[Open Library http://openlibrary.org/b/OL4935126M/Kapsner_family_tree__1874-1974]</ref>