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Blessed Félix GómezPinto Piñero Date Location And Photographer Unknown
Blessed Félix GómezPinto Piñero Date Location And Photographer Unknown

Blessed Félix Gómezpinto Piñero

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

7-Sep

Born

18 May 1870 in La Torre de Esteban Hambrán, Toledo, Spain

Died

Shot with a shotgun on 7 September 1936 on the road near Hueva, Guadalajara, Spain; body dumped on the side of the road

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Venerated

19 December 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Félix Gómezpinto Piñero, also known as Father Félix, was born on 18 May 1870 in La Torre de Esteban Hambrán, Toledo, Spain. He hailed from a devout Catholic farming family and was one of four children. His mother, a Franciscan tertiary, instilled in him a strong faith, which would shape his vocation and lifelong commitment to God.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2007-10-28 by 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
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