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Blessed Atanasio Vidaurreta Labra
Blessed Atanasio Vidaurreta Labra

Blessed Atanasio Vidaurreta Labra

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

18 August; 13 August as one of the Martyred Claretians of Barbastro

Born

2 May 1911 in Adiós, Navarra, Spain

Died

Shot on 18 August 1936 on the road outside Barbastro, Huesca, Spain; buried in a mass grave; after the war, he was exhumed, identified by his cassock, and re-interred in the Claretian church in Barbastro

Beatified

25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

7 March 1992 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Atanasio Vidaurreta Labra, also known as Blessed Atanasio Vidaurreta Labra, was born on 2 May 1911 in Adiós, Navarra, Spain. He hailed from a humble family of shepherds and from a young age, he felt a strong calling to religious life. Responding to this vocation, Atanasio decided to join the Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, also known as the Claretians. He entered the Claretian seminary during his teenage years and made his profession in Vic, Spain on 15 August 1930.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1992-10-25 by 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II

Feast Days

August 18August 13
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