Blessed Ignasi Casanovas Perramón Date And Photographer Unknown

Blessed Ignasi Casanovas Perramón

Also known as: Ignasi of Saint Raymond

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

16-Sep

Born

21 June 1893 in Igualada, Barcelona, Spain

Died

Shot on 16 September 1936 in a grove of trees near his mother‘s house in Odena, Barcelona, Spain; buried in the city cemetery of Odena; re-interred in the family tomb in Odena on 21 May 1948

Beatified

1 October 1995 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

15 December 1994 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Ignasi Casanovas Perramón, also known as Ignasi of Saint Raymond, was born on 21 June 1893 in Igualada, Barcelona, Spain. He was the son of Raimondo Casanovas Brunet and Maria Perramón Oliveras. Ignasi was baptized when he was just one day old, formally entering the Catholic faith.

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