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Blessed Francisco Carlés González

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

22 September; 6 November as one of the Martyred Friars Minor of Granada

Born

14 January 1894 in San Julián de Requeijo, Pontevedra, Spain; baptized the same day

Died

Dawn on 22 September 1936 in Azuaga, Badajoz, Spain

Beatified

28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

Venerated

28 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Francisco Carlés González, also known as Blessed Francisco de Requeijo, was born on 14 January 1894 in San Julián de Requeijo, Pontevedra, Spain. He was baptized on the same day of his birth. Francisco followed a vocation to become a Franciscan Friar Minor and entered the novitiate on 19 March 1909. After several years of spiritual formation, he made his solemn vows on 12 April 1913.

Cause for Canonization

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

Feast Days

September 22November 6

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