Clemens August Graf von Galen [SEP] position held
Clemens August Graf von Galen
Clemens Augustinus Emmanuel Joseph Pius Anthonius Hubertus Marie Graf von Galen (16 March 1878 – 22 March 1946), better known as "Clemens August Graf von Galen", was a German count, Bishop of Münster, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. During World War II, Galen led Catholic protest against Nazi euthanasia and denounced Gestapo lawlessness and the persecution of the church. He was appointed a Cardinal by Pope Pius XII in 1946. He was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2005
held culpable (and Manns includes no writings from that period in the volume). However, he argues that Lortz was not a Nazi himself, and that such is proven by his friendship with avowed opponents of the Nazis, including Clemens August Graf von Galen and Max Josef Metzger.
He was a member of the Catholic fraternity K.D.St.V. Teutonia of the CV in Freiburg/Üechtland.
Many of Lortz’s works engaged the issue of the relation between the Roman Catholic Church and the Reformation. His best known work