Blessed Ivan Merz (December 16 1896 in Banja Luka – May 10 1928 in Zagreb) was a Croatian lay academic beatified by Pope John Paul II on a visit at Banja Luka Bosnia and Herzegovina on June 23 2003. Ivan Merz promoted the liturgical movement in Croatia and together with Ivo Protulipac 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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