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Toni Zweifel

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Servant of God
Toni Zweifel
Born 15 February 1938
Verona, Italy
Died 24 November 1989 (aged 51)
Resting place Fluntern Cemetery, Zürich
Engineering career
Discipline Mechanical engineering

Toni Zweifel (15 February 1938 – 24 November 1989) was a Swiss Catholic engineer who patented several inventions. He founded and served as director of the Limmat Foundation,[1] a foundation that supports social projects all over the world with a majority of women as project beneficiaries.[2] He was a numerary member of the Opus Dei.[3] A beatification process for Zweifel has been opened, and he is therefore titled a Servant of God.

References

  1. Back to citation "Limmat Stiftung". Archived from the original on 2007-05-29. Retrieved 2006-11-29.
  2. Back to citation Limmat-Stiftung: FAQ 9: Why are the majority of project beneficiaries women? Archived August 23, 2009, at the Wayback Machine, accessed December 3, 2006
  3. Back to citation Opus Dei Information Office: Toni’s Life, accessed February 15, 2021

Further reading

  • Agustín López Kindler, Given To Others. The Life of Toni Zweifel. Scepter Publishers 2020 ISBN 1594173990
  • Joan Carroll Cruz, Saints For the Sick. Heavenly Help For Those Who Suffer. TAN Books
  • Michael Jackson, Coincidences: Synchronicity, Verisimilitude, and Storytelling. (Chapter 'Chance Meeting') University of California Press 2021. ISBN 0520977017