Max Josef Metzger
German priest (1887–1944)
Feast: 17 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
The Vatican record
- 14 March 2024 — Martyrdom recognised (decree list, 2024)
Who they were
Max Josef Metzger (3 February 1887 – 17 April 1944) was a Catholic priest and leading German pacifist. Due to his activities for peace between nations, Metzger was a thorn in the side of the National Socialists. After being arrested several times, Max Josef Metzger was executed in Brandenburg-Görden Prison in 1944. He was beatified by the Catholic Church in 2024.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
- Wikidata Q77874 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Max Josef Metzger (CC BY-SA)
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