Max Josef Metzger

Blessed Max Josef Metzger
1887 – 1944
Born	(1887-02-03)3 February 1887 Schopfheim, Baden, Germany
Died	17 April 1944(1944-04-17) (aged 57) Brandenburg-Görden Prison, Brandenburg an der Havel, Germany
Beatified	17 November 2024, Freiburg Minster, Germany by Cardinal Kurt Koch
Feast	17 April
Influenced	Thomas Merton

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Max Josef Metzger (3 February 1887 – 17 April 1944) was a Catholic priest and leading German pacifist.^[1] Due to his activities for peace between nations, Metzger was a thorn in the side of the National Socialists. After being arrested several times, Max Josef Metzger was executed in Brandenburg-Görden Prison in 1944. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 2024.