of this status. The noble particle (or preposition) von is traditionally dropped in prose when using the family name without the given name or the title Graf. – If Graf is recognized as a title of non-reigning nobility (and not as a mere part of the name as officially the case after 1919 in Germany), then it is surpassed by the title of Cardinal and thus not used together with it. References External links Four Sermons of Bishop von Galen from 1941 "Bishop Von Galen describes the NAZI crimes against the law of God" declassified CIA report "copied January 27, 1942" Sermon Against Euthanasia Sermon Against the Gestapo Rudolf Morsey: Online-Biografie of Clemens August von Galen on the web-portal Westfälische-Geschichte.de Münsterski lav i Pio XII. Documents published in Croatian Catholic weekly newspaper Glas Koncila 1878 births 1946 deaths 20th-century German cardinals 20th-century venerated Christians Anti-Masonry Antisemitism in Germany Beatifications by Pope Benedict XVI Burials at Münster Cathedral Cardinals created by Pope Pius XII Catholic resistance to Nazi Germany Catholic saints and blesseds of the Nazi era Counts of Germany German anti-communists German beatified people German nationalists German monarchists Roman Catholics in the German Resistance People from Vechta (district) Clemens 2 August University of Fribourg alumni Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II Von Galen family