Ivan Merz
Blessed Ivan Merz | |
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Layman | |
Born | Banja Luka, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, now (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 16 December 1896
Died | 10 May 1928 Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, (now Croatia) | (aged 31)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 22 June 2003, Banja Luka by John Paul II |
Feast | 10 May |
Ivan Merz (16 December 1896 – 10 May 1928) was a Croatian lay academic, beatified by Pope John Paul II on a visit at Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 22, 2003. Ivan Merz promoted the liturgical movement in Croatia and together with Ivo Protulipac created a movement for the young people, “The Croatian union of the Eagles” (“Hrvatski orlovski savez)”, inspired by the “Eucharistic Crusade,” which he had encountered in France.
Legacy in the Philippines
The Director of the Confraternity, Dave Ceasar Dela Cruz was elected as the Vice Postulator of the Cause for the Canonization of Blessed Ivan Merz [1] on 19 March 2008 by the Vatican through the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
See also
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- Pier Giorgio Frassati
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- Antun Mahnić
- Josip Stadler
- Alberto Marvelli
- Bartolome Blanco Marquez
- Chiara Badano
- Cardinal Aloysius Stepinac
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