
Blessed Bernardo Francisco De Hoyos Seña
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
November 29
Died
November 29, 1735
Beatified
18 April 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
Biography
Blessed Bernardo Francisco De Hoyos Seña, also known as Bernardo Francisco De Hoyos, was born on 21 August 1711 in Torrelobatón, Valladolid, Spain. He was the son of Don Manuel de Hoyos and Doña Francisca de Seña. Baptized at the age of 16 days, he was named after two great saints, Saint Bernard of Clairvaux and Saint Francis Xavier.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2010-04-18 by 18 April 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated by Archbishop Angelo Amato at Plaza de Colón, Valladolid, Spain; the beatification miracle involved the healing of young Mercedes Cabezas on 22 April 1936 in San Cristóbal de la Cuesta, Salamanca, Spain of typhoid and a serious tumor
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