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Detail Of A Statue Of Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren Date And Artist Unknown In The Church Of Sagrado Corazón Bilbao País Vasco Spain Photographed On 26 April 2009 By Zarateman
Detail Of A Statue Of Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren Date And Artist Unknown In The Church Of Sagrado Corazón Bilbao País Vasco Spain Photographed On 26 April 2009 By Zarateman

Blessed Francisco Gárate Aranguren

Also known as: Brother Kindness

Blessed
Post-Congregation

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.

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