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Josephus Franciscus Mohr, sometimes spelled Josef (11 December 1792 – 4 December 1848), was an Austrian Catholic priest and writer who wrote the words to the Christmas carol "Silent Night." == Early life and education == Mohr was born in Salzburg on 11 December 1792, to an unmarried embroiderer, Anna Schoiberin, and Franz Mohr, a mercenary soldier and deserter, who abandoned Joseph's mother before the birth. The ancestors on his father's side came from the town of Mariapfarr in the... [more on Wikipedia]