RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Karl Leisner

1915 - 1945

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Karl Leisner (28 February 1915 in Rees – 12 August 1945 in Planegg, Germany) was a German Catholic priest interned in the Dachau concentration camp. He died of tuberculosis shortly after being liberated by the Allied forces. He has been declared a martyr and was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 23 June 1996. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Karl Leisner is the 2,408th most popular religious figure (down from 2,146th in 2019), the 3,820th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,604th in 2019) and the 100th most popular German Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Karl Leisner ranks 2,408 out of 3,187. Before him are Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, Sava Petrović, Diego Gelmírez, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Chrysostomos II of Cyprus, and Alberto Suárez Inda. After him are Suleiman II of Persia, Paul II of Constantinople, László Lékai, John XIII of Constantinople, Saint Pirmin, and Guru Har Krishan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Karl Leisner ranks 147. Before him are Philip Morrison, Argemiro, Aldo Boffi, Edmond Leburton, John Tukey, and Antonio Innocenti. After him are Arthur Owen, Günther Schwägermann, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Harry Edison, Nikos Beloyannis, and Tapio Rautavaara. Among people deceased in 1945, Karl Leisner ranks 246. Before him are Alexander Khatisian, Albert Tyler, Richárd Weisz, Dmitry Karbyshev, Demyan Bedny, and John Curtin. After him are Dorothea Köring, Archduchess Karoline Marie of Austria, Alfred Saalwächter, Joachim von Kortzfleisch, Gustav Fehn, and Emily Carr.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Karl Leisner ranks 3,822 out of 7,253. Before him are Norbert Lammert (1948), Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1762), Peter Stein (1937), James III, Margrave of Baden-Hachberg (1562), Thomas Doll (1966), and Kurt Moll (1938). After him are Bernard Dietz (1948), Dorothee Sölle (1929), Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt (1900), Ernst II, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1863), Martin Ohm (1792), and Georg Sauerwein (1831).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Germany

Among religious figures born in Germany, Karl Leisner ranks 100. Before him are Conrad of Wittelsbach (1125), Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1606), Conrad of Parzham (1818), Anno II (1010), Johannes Brenz (1499), and Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst (1823). After him are Melchior Hoffman (1495), Georg von Kopp (1837), Franz Ehrle (1845), Antje Jackelén (1955), Rupert Mayer (1876), and Caspar Olevian (1536).

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