Blessed Titus Brandsma Biography
Blessed Titus Brandsma 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 | February 23, 1881 |
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| Country of Birth | Netherlands in Europe |
| Matrimony/Holy Orders | Blesseds who were Priests |
| Profession | Priest |
| Place of Work | Netherlands |
| Date of Death | July 26, 1942 |
| Place of Death | in the concentration camp at Dachau, Bavaria, Germany |
| Feast Day | July 26 |
| Beatification | Beatified by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonization | Canonized by N/A |
| Patron Saint of | N/A |
Blessed Titus Brandsma Biography
Blessed Titus Brandsma, a pious youth from a religious family; Three of his four sisters were now and one became a Franciscan. Nicknamed Shorty. Good student who felt an early vocation to the priesthood. From the age of eleven to seventeenth entered a seminary for Franciscans. Joined the Carmelites in Boxmeer, Netherlands, took the name Titus and made his first vows in 1899.
He spoke Italian, Frisian, Dutch and English and was able to read Spanish. Published 1905 at the age of 24 years. Doctorate in philosophy at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome in 1909 at the age of 28 years. Taught at the Carmelite Seminary in Oss, the Netherlands. Publisher of the local newspaper in 1919; often seen working with a cigar in the mouth.
Taught Philosophy at the Catholic University in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Superior of the university dorm. Popular confessor. Well-traveled speaker, journalist, author and lobbyist for the university. 1932 university president. 1935 ecclesiastical advisor to Catholic journalists. From 1935 on a lecture tour of the United States.
In 1935 he wrote anti-Jewish marriage laws, which drew his attention to the Nazis. Later he wrote that no Catholic publication could publish Nazi propaganda and still call itself Catholic; This led to more attention. January 19, 1942. For several weeks he was brought from prison to prison, ill-treated and punished for serving other prisoners.
Deported to the Dachau concentration camp in April 1942. There he was daily overworked, malnourished and beaten; He asks fellow prisoners to pray for the rescue of the guards. When he could no longer work, he was used for medical experiments. When he no longer needed to experiment, he was murdered. Martyr.
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