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]

Gapp was beheaded on 13 August 1943. He was beatified on 24 November 1996.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Blessed Jakob Gapp, S.M". Campus.udayton.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  2. ↑ "Jakob Gapp". NACMS. 2011-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
  3. ↑ "Jakob: El mártir decapitado que fue localizado por la Gestapo en Valencia . Las Provincias". Lasprovincias.es. 2014-08-13. Retrieved 2016-06-23.
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