Rupert Mayer

Blessed

Rupert Mayer

SJ
Father Rupert Mayer
Martyr
Born(1876-01-23)23 January 1876
Stuttgart, Germany
Died1 November 1945(1945-11-01) (aged 69)
Munich, Germany
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified3 May 1987, Munich by Pope John Paul II
Feast3 November (several German dioceses, Jesuit order), 5 November (Diocese of Eichstätt)

Rupert Mayer (23 January 1876 – 1 November 1945) was a German Jesuit priest and a leading figure of the Catholic resistance to Nazism in Munich.[1] In 1987, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.[2][3]

  1. ^ Murray, John (1955). "An Apostle of the Great City: Father Rupert Mayer, S.J. 1876-1945". Studies: An Irish Quarterly Review. 44 (174): 213–229. ISSN 0039-3495. JSTOR 30098634.
  2. ^ "The Martyrs of our century beatified by Pope John Paul II". www.vatican.va. Retrieved 16 May 2022.
  3. ^ "A Jesuit Martyr to the Nazis: Hitler wanted Alfred Delp forgotten, but his way of resistance still inspires". America Magazine. 21 January 2008. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

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