Juan María de la Cruz explained

Blessed
Juan María de la Cruz
S.C.I.
Birth Date:25 September 1891
Feast Day:26 November
Venerated In:Roman Catholic Church
(Priests of the Sacred Heart)
Titles:Priest and martyr
Beatified Date:11 March 2001
Beatified Place:Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City
Beatified By:Pope John Paul II

Juan María de la Cruz, S.C.I. (born Mariano García Méndez, San Esteban de los Patos, Province of Ávila, 25 September 1891  - Silla, Valencia, 23 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest.

The Roman Catholic Church considers him a martyr.[1] He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001, together with his fellow martyrs killed in the Spanish Civil War.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martyrdom of Juan María de la Cruz. Dehonian Family. 25 September 2017. it. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130437/http://win.dehon.it/scj_dehon/cuore/dehoniana/2001/2-2001-05-typ.htm. dead.
  2. Web site: Beatification of 233 Spanish Martyrs . Vatican . 25 September 2016. es.