Blessed Francisco Sánchez Márquez
Also known as: Francisco Tomás Márquez Sánchez; Francisco Tomás de San Juan Bautista Márquez y Sánchez; Leopoldo de Alpandeire
Feast Day
9-Feb
Born
24 June 1866 at Alpandeire, Málaga, Spain as Francisco Tomás de San Juan Bautista Márquez y Sánchez
Died
9 February 1956 in Granada, Spain of pneumonia following a severe injury from falling down a flight of stairs; buried in the crypt of the church at his friary in Granada
Beatified
12 September 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI; beatification recognition celebrated at the Armilla Air Base, Granada, Spain, presided by Archbishop Angelo Amato
Venerated
15 March 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Francisco Sánchez Márquez, also known as Francisco Tomás Márquez Sánchez or Francisco Tomás de San Juan Bautista Márquez y Sánchez, was born on June 24, 1866, in Alpandeire, a small village in Málaga, Spain. He was the eldest of four children in a rural peasant family.
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