Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser Biography
Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser Biography, Feast Day, Date of Birth, Country of Birth, Profession, Place of Work, Date of Death, Place of Death, Beatification Date, Canonization Date |
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| Date of Birth | 27 December 1910 |
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| Country of Birth | Italy in Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Married |
| Profession | Missionary |
| Place of Work | Germany |
| Date of Death | 24 February 1945 |
| Place of Death | Erlangen, Germany |
| Feast Day | February 24, October 3 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope Francis on 18 March 2017 |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser Biography
Blessed Josef Mayr-Nusser was raised in a religious, local Italian farm family where his brother Jakob became a priest. He became devoted to Blessed Antoine-Frédéric Ozanam and Saint Vincent de Paul. Following their example, he joined the Saint Vincent de Paul Society in 1932, and by 1937 he was the president of the Bolzano division in Italy. In addition to directly caring for the poor, he became a vocalist.
Josef became a member of Catholic Action and in 1934 he was made the head of the organization in the diocese of Trent, Italy. He became the student of the writing of Saint Thomas More and Saint Thomas Aquinas, concentrating on their correspondence as he felt that letters would reveal the real men. Josef joined the covert anti–Nazi group Andreas Hofer Bund in 1939. on 26 May 1942, he married Hildegard Straub and their son Alberto was born in 1943.
He joined the German army in World War II and was assigned to an SS unit in 1944 and sent to Prussia for training. On 4 October 1944, he announced that his faith prevented him from taking the oath of loyalty and obedience to Hitler and cooperating with the anti–Christian Nazi ideology. He was imprisoned for his belief and sentenced in February 1945 to be executed in the Dachau concentration camp. Martyr.
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