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Josef Mayr-Nusser | |
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| Martyr | |
| Born | 27 December 1910 Bozen, County of Tyrol, Cisleithania, Austria-Hungary (now Bolzano, Italy) |
| Died | 24 February 1945 (aged 34) Erlangen, Bavaria, Nazi Germany (now Erlangen, Bavaria, Germany) |
| Resting place | Chiesa di San Giuseppe, Bolzano, Italy |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 18 March 2017 by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
| Feast | 3 October |
Josef Mayr-Nusser (27 December 1910 – 24 February 1945) was an Italian Roman Catholic who served as the President of the Saint Vincent de Paul Conference of the Bolzano division as well as a member of Catholic Action. He is known best for refusing to recite the Hitler oath after he was drafted as a Nazi soldier and was sentenced to death at the Dachau concentration camp. He died en route to the camp in 1945. He is known as the "Martyr of the First Commandment".[1]
Mayr-Nusser was hailed for living his life according to the tenets of the Gospel and of Vincent de Paul.
- ^ "Martyr of the First Commandment – William Doino Jr". August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2017.