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A fact from Suitbert Mollinger appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 October 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that priest Suitbert Mollinger served five years for fraud in a Dutch prison before founding one of the world's largest relic chapels in the United States?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/October. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Suitbert Mollinger.

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The result was: promoted by AirshipJungleman29 talk 10:28, 26 September 2025 (UTC)Reply

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Father Suitbert Mollinger

... that Pittsburgh priest Suitbert Mollinger (pictured) did five years in a Dutch prison for fraud before emigrating to the United States and founding one of the world's largest relic chapels?

Source: "... the court convicted Suitbert of fraud... the court sentenced Suitbert to five years in the prison at Hoorn... (p. 470)... Mollinger’s collection is by far the largest and rarest in the United States (p. 447)" (all from Finding Father Mollinger: The Historiography of a Catholic Priest).

- ALT1: ... that Father Suitbert Mollinger's Troy Hill chapel holds over 5,000 relics and once drew 20,000 pilgrims in a day? Source: "housing some 5,000 relics of the saints..." (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, November 26, 1977, p. 22) ... ""it is estimated that 20,000 people were present during the day"" (Pacific Medical Journal, p. 438').
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Matei Millo

Converted from a redirect by Alekjds (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 28 past nominations.

Alekjds (talk) 03:26, 19 August 2025 (UTC).Reply

I like the initial hook. Checks out in the source, and is cited, and both portions are cited in-article. Articles in good shape, has no evidence of copyvio, and eligible. The QPQ checks out. All good! Generalissima (talk) (it/she) 06:01, 15 September 2025 (UTC)Reply