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Detail Of A Painting Of Blessed Bernardo Francisco De Hoyos Seña Date And Artist Unknown
Detail Of A Painting Of Blessed Bernardo Francisco De Hoyos Seña Date And Artist Unknown

Blessed Bernardo Francisco De Hoyos Seña

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

29-Nov

Born

21 August, 1711 in Torrelobatón, Valladolid, Spain

Died

29 November 1735 at the Colegio de San Ignacio, Valladolid, Spain of typhus; buried at the Colegio de San Ignacio; remains moved, but the location records have been lost

Beatified

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

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.


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