the Essen diocese on 12 November 1996 which later closed on 12 October 1997. The C.C.S. validated the diocesan phase in Rome on 13 November 1998 and received the Positio dossier in 2000 for investigation. The theologians approved the dossier's contents on 25 May 2001 as did the members of the C.C.S. on 3 July 2001. Pope John Paul II confirmed on 7 July 2001 that Gross had been killed "in odium fidei" (in hatred of the faith) and so beatified Gross in Saint Peter's Square on 7 October 2001. The current postulator for the cause (since 1996) is Dr. Andrea Ambrosi. There is a museum dedicated to Nikolaus Gross in Niederwenigern. In 1948 a street in Cologne was named in his honor and streets were named after him in places such as Berlin, Dortmund, Bocholt, Vreden, Fulda, Dinslaken, Paderborn, Bergkamen, Dülken, Mönchengladbach, Oberhausen and Essen amongst others. Schools were named after him in Cologne, Essen, Bottrop, Menden, Lebach, and Lünen amongst others. A chapel was dedicated to him on 10 October 2004, and a memorial stone in Gelsenkirchen-Buer on 26 October 2003. See also Chapel of Blessed Nikolaus Groß, Essen Minister List of members of the 20 July plot Widerstand References External links Hagiography Circle Saints of the Faith Executed Today Find a Grave 1898 births 1945 deaths 20th-century German people 20th-century journalists 20th-century venerated Christians Beatifications by Pope John Paul II Catholic saints and blesseds of the Nazi era Executed members of the 20 July plot Executed people from North Rhine-Westphalia Executed German Resistance members German beatified people German civilians killed in World War II German people who died in Nazi concentration camps People condemned by Nazi courts People executed by hanging at Plötzensee Prison People from Hattingen People from the Province of Westphalia People killed by Nazi Germany Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany Resistance members who died in Nazi concentration camps Roman Catholics in the German Resistance German trade unionists Venerated Catholics