Rupert Mayer
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. In 1987, he was beatified by Pope John Paul II.
Blessed Rupert Mayer SJ | |
|---|---|
| Martyr | |
| Born | 23 January 1876 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Died | 1 November 1945 (aged 69) Munich, Germany |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 3 May 1987, Munich by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 3 November (several German dioceses, Jesuit order), 5 November (Diocese of Eichstätt) |
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