Jakob Gapp
An Austrian Marianist priest, Jakob Gapp firmly opposed National Socialism. Arrested by the Gestapo, he was sentenced to…
Place
Graz
AT
5 saints associated
Jan Sarkander
Jan Sarkander (1576-1620), a Catholic priest from Moravia, died in Olomouc from the effects of torture for refusing to v…
Maria Klara Fietz
Sister Maria Klara Fietz (1905-1937) was an Austrian Franciscan religious, the first doctoral student of her congregatio…
Max Josef Metzger
German pacifist priest and pioneer of ecumenism, martyr of Nazism beheaded in 1944 and beatified in 2024.
Raphael Kalinowski
A Polish officer in the Russian army and an insurgent in 1863 who was deported to Siberia, Joseph Kalinowski became a Di…
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Which saints are connected to Graz?
Saints associated with Graz: Jakob Gapp, Jan Sarkander, Maria Klara Fietz, Max Josef Metzger and Raphael Kalinowski.