Blessed Rupert Mayer
Also known as: The Apostle of Munich; The Limping Priest (a result of his war injury)
Feast Day
1 November; 3 November (Diocese of Munich-Freising, Germany); 5 November (Diocese of Eichstätt, Germany)
Born
23 January 1876 in Stuttgart, Germany
Died
1 November 1945 in the church of Saint Michael in Munich, Bavaria, Germany of a stroke while preaching during morning Mass; buried at the Jesuitenfriedhof in Pullach, Germany, which became a pilgrimage site; re-interred in the crypt of the Marian Congregation church called Bürgersaalkirche in Munich, Germany in 1948
Beatified
3 May 1987 by Pope John Paul II in Munich, Germany
Venerated
14 May 1983 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Rupert Mayer, also known as The Apostle of Munich and The Limping Priest, was born on January 23, 1876 in Stuttgart, Germany. As a young man, he felt a strong call to the priesthood and pursued his studies in philosophy and theology in Freiburg, Switzerland, as well as in Munich and Tübingen, Germany. He was ordained a priest in 1899.
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