Titus Brandsma | |
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 Brandsma in the 1920s | |
| Religious, priest and martyr | |
| Born | Anno Sjoerd Brandsma 23 February 1881 Oegeklooster, Friesland, Netherlands |
| Died | 26 July 1942 (aged 61) Dachau concentration camp, Bavaria, Nazi Germany |
| Venerated in | Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 3 November 1985, Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 15 May 2022, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope Francis |
| Major shrine | Titus Brandsma Memorial, Nijmegen, Netherlands |
| Feast | 27 July |
| Attributes | Calced Carmelite habit Nazi concentration camp badge Martyr's palm |
| Patronage | Catholic journalists Catholic Esperantists Friesland |
Titus Brandsma OCarm (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈtityz ˈbrɑntsmaː]; born Anno Sjoerd Brandsma; 23 February 1881 – 26 July 1942) was a Dutch Carmelite priest and a professor of philosophy. Brandsma was vehemently opposed to Nazi ideology and spoke out against it many times before World War II. He was imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp, where he was murdered in 1942.
Brandsma was beatified by the Catholic Church in November 1985 as a martyr of the faith and canonized as a saint on 15 May 2022 by Pope Francis.