Jakob Gapp

Image of Jakob Gapp in Wattens

Blessed Jakob Gapp (26 July 1897 in Wattens – 13 August 1943) was a Marianist priest who fled the Nazis, He was later abducted by Gestapo agents pretending to be Jews fleeing Nazism and desiring to convert.[1] He was beheaded 13 August 1943 and beatified 24 November 1996.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ The Marian Library/International Marian Research Institute, Dayton, Ohio
  2. ↑ North American Center for Marianist Studies
  3. ↑ http://www.lasprovincias.es/valencia-ciudad/201408/13/jakob-martir-decapitado-localizado-20140813081937.html
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