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Johannes Prassek

German Catholic priest and Lübeck martyr (1911–1943)

BlessedGerman Reich

Feast: 10 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1911

Died

1943

Beatified

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not on record

Canonised

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Who they were

Johannes Prassek (13 August 1911 – 10 November 1943) was a German Catholic priest, and one of the Lübeck martyrs, guillotined for opposing the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler in 1943. Prassek was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011.

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The miracles

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Why that counted as sanctity

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Connected on this site

Hermann Lange Blessed
“Lange along with two Catholic priest colleagues – Johannes Prassek and Eduard Müller – along with Lutheran Pastor Karl Friedrich Stellbrink, spoke publicly against the Nazis – initially discreetly – distributing pamphlets to friends and congregants.” — Wikipedia

Sources

Wikidata Q75980 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — Johannes Prassek (CC BY-SA)

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