Ivan Merz


Ivan Merz
Blessed Ivan Merz
Born(1896-12-16)16 December 1896
Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary
Died10 May 1928(1928-05-10) (aged 31)
Zagreb, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified22 June 2003, Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina by Pope John Paul II
Feast10 May
InfluencesLjubomir Maraković
InfluencedMarica Stanković,[1] Uskrs fest[2]
Major worksDnevnik (Diary)
Zlatna knjiga (Golden Book)

Ivan Merz (16 December 1896 − 10 May 1928) was a Catholic layman from Bosnia and important supporter of the Catholic Church in Croatia. Merz promoted the Liturgical Movement in Croatia and together with Ivo Protulipac, he established a movement for the young people, Hrvatski orlovski savez ("The Croatian Union of the Eagles"), inspired by the Eucharistic Crusade, which he had encountered in France. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2003.

  1. ^ Tuškan 1997, p. 316.
  2. ^ "Uskrsfest". ivanmerz.hr (in Croatian). Retrieved 23 February 2024.