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Czechoslovak Roman Catholic priest

Engelmar Unzeitig (German pronunciation:[ˈɛŋl̩maʁˈʊnt͜saɪ̯tɪç]; 1 March 1911 – 2 March 1945), born Hubert Unzeitig, was a German Roman Catholic priest who died in the Dachau Concentration Camp during World War II on the charge of being a priest.

He was a professed member of the Missionary Order of Mariannhill and assumed the religious name Engelmar when he was admitted into the order. He became known as the "Angel of Dachau".

In 2016, Pope Francis recognized the fact that Unzeitig died in odium fidei (lit. 'in hatred of the faith') and Unzeitig was subsequently beatified on 24 September 2016 in a ceremony presided over by Cardinal Angelo Amato acting on the pope's behalf.^[1]

Life

Hubert Unzeitig was born on 1 March 1911 and had at least one sister.

At the age of 18 he commenced his studies for the priesthood and also entered his novitiate with the Mariannhill Missionaries in Blessed Engelmar Unzeitig - Blessed Individual | Saint for a ... LUTI