Blessed Francisco Carlés González

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.