Career
Friedhofen was born on a farm in Weitersburg bei Vallendar, in the former District of Koblenz. He died in 1860 in the capital city due to tuberculosis and was buried at the Brothers" motherhouse in Trier. In July 1985 Pope John Paul II beatified him.
Among the Brothers he founded, his feast day is celebrated on 21 December, the anniversary of his death.