Ivan Merz (16 December 1896 – 10 May 1928) was a
Croatian lay academic, beatified by Pope
John Paul II
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on a visit at
Banja Luka
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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on June 22, 2003. Ivan Merz promoted the liturgical movement in
Croatia
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and together with
Ivo Protulipac
Ivo Protulipac (4 June 1899 – 31 January 1946) was a Croatian lawyer and Catholic activist, assassinated in 1946, reportedly by the UDBA (Yugoslav secret police). He served in the defence of Marko Hranilović in the latter's trial by the Royal ...
created a movement for the young people, “The Croatian union of the Eagles” (“Hrvatski orlovski savez)”, inspired by the “Eucharistic Crusade,” which he had encountered in
France
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.
Legacy in the Philippines
The Director of the Confraternity, Dave Ceasar Dela Cruz was elected as the Vice Postulator of the Cause for the Canonization of Blessed Ivan Merz
on 19 March 2008 by the Vatican through the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.
See also
References
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1896 births
1928 deaths
People from Banja Luka
Croatian Jews
Austro-Hungarian Jews
Croatian Austro-Hungarians
Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Croatian Roman Catholics
Croatian beatified people
Catholic Church in Croatia
Roman Catholic activists
Roman Catholic Diocese of Banja Luka
Catholic philosophers
20th-century venerated Christians
Croatian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina-Jewish descent
Beatifications by Pope John Paul II
Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jews
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