Blessed Ciriaco María Sancha Hervás
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
February 25
Born
June 18, 1833
Died
February 25, 1909
Beatified
18 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI
Venerated
28 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Ciriaco María Sancha Hervás, born on 18 June 1833 in Quintana del Pidio, Burgos, Spain, was a prominent figure in the Catholic Church in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was ordained as a priest on 27 June 1858 and soon after began his career in various positions of leadership.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2009-10-18 by 18 October 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI; beatification recognition celebrated in the cathedral of Toledo, Spain, Archbishop Angelo Amato chief celebrant
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