Venerable Engelmar Unzeitig

Blessed Engelmar Unzeitig

Also known as: Angel of Dachau; Hubert Unzeitig

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

2-Mar

Born

1 March 1911 in Czech Republic as Hubert Unzeitig

Died

2 March 1945 in Dachau, Oberbayern, Germany of typhoid fever

Beatified

24 September 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated in the Cathedral of Sankt Kilian, Würzburg, Germany, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

Venerated

3 July 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Biography

Blessed Engelmar Unzeitig, also known as the Angel of Dachau, was born on 1 March 1911 in the Czech Republic as Hubert Unzeitig. He was a professed priest in the Congregation of Missionaries of Mariannhill, having been ordained in 1939, and took the name Engelmar. Known for his strong faith and his unwavering commitment to preaching against the teachings of the Nazis, Father Engelmar served as a parish priest in Glöckelberg, Czech Republic.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2016-09-24 by 24 September 2016 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated in the Cathedral of Sankt Kilian, Würzburg, Germany, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato