Titus Brandsma

Saint Titus Brandsma OCarm
Brandsma in the 1920s
Religious, priest and martyr
Born	Anno Sjoerd Brandsma (1881-02-23)23 February 1881 Oegeklooster, Friesland, Netherlands
Died	26 July 1942(1942-07-26) (aged 61) Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	3 November 1985, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	15 May 2022, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis
Major shrine	Titus Brandsma Memorial, Nijmegen, Netherlands
Feast	27 July
Attributes	Calced Carmelite habit Nazi concentration camp badge Martyr's palm
Patronage	Catholic journalists Catholic Esperantists Friesland

Titus Brandsma, OCarm (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtitys ˈbrɑntsmaː]; born Anno Sjoerd Brandsma; 23 February 1881 – 26 July 1942) was a Dutch Carmelite friar, Catholic priest and professor of philosophy. Brandsma was vehemently opposed to Nazi ideology and spoke out against it many times before the Second World War. He was imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp, where he was murdered. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in November 1985 as a martyr of the faith and canonized as a saint on 15 May 2022 by Pope Francis.