[3] Sauter was also educated in Austria as a student of Blessed Stanggassinger and finished high school back in his homeland.

His favorite apostolate was the itinerant mission in the abandoned areas of the region and often arrived on horseback in the hundreds of small towns that he visited.

[3] He contracted pneumonia that led to his death in 1961 after he got a cold from staying too long in the rain while visiting an ill person.

[1][2] The beatification process commenced at the behest of the Brazilian people in Brazil with the declaration of "nihil obstat" (nothing against) on 20 October 1997 under Pope John Paul II.

This conferred upon him the title of Servant of God and allowed for a local diocesan process to gather documentation and testimonies.

Pope Francis approved that he had lived a life of heroic virtue and declared him to be Venerable on 7 November 2014.

[1] The miracle required for his beatification was investigated in a diocesan tribunal and was granted formal ratification on 29 October 2010.