Johannes Prassek
German Catholic priest and Lübeck martyr (1911–1943)
Feast: 10 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
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
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
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
- Santi e Beati — Beati Johannes Prassek, Hermann Lange e Eduard Muller — Listed as "Beati Johannes Prassek, Hermann Lange e Eduard Muller", † Amburgo, Germania, 10 novembre 1943 — Martiri di Lubecca 10 novembre
- Wikidata Q75980 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Johannes Prassek (CC BY-SA)
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