Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren
Also known as: Brother Kindness
Feast Day
9-Sep
Born
3 February 1857 in Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa, Spain
Died
At 7:00am on 9 September 1929 in Deusto, Bilbao, Vizcaya, Spain of complications involving a block urethra; at his funeral, former students placed rosaries and crucifixes on his coffin, asking for his posthumous blessing on them; re-interred in August 1946; re-interred in 1964
Beatified
6 October 1985 by Pope John Paul II in Rome, Italy
Venerated
11 February 1982 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren, also known as Brother Kindness, was born on 3 February 1857 in Azpeitia, Guipúzcoa, Spain. He was the second of seven boys born to Francisco and Maria Aranguren, a devoutly religious farm family in the Basque region of northern Spain. It is worth noting that three of Francisco's brothers also grew up to become Jesuit brothers.
Cause for Canonization
Books & Resources
New Saints and Blesseds of the Catholic Church, volume 2, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0898708710
Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints, http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1612787169
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