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Clemens August von Galen

German count, bishop of münster, and cardinal, important figure in catholic resistance to nazism.

Born March 16th, 1878 in Dinklage. [ref]

Died March 22nd, 1946 at 68 years old in Münster (peritonitis). [ref]

Occupations
Catholic priest, author, resistance fighter

As you get older, three things happen: The first is your memory goes, and I can't remember the other two. Norman Wisdom