Blessed José Olallo Valdés
Also known as: Poor People’s Priest (though he wasn’t a priest)
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
March 7
Born
February 12, 1820
Died
March 7, 1889
Beatified
29 November 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI
Biography
Blessed José Olallo Valdés, also known as the Poor People's Priest, was born on 12 February 1820 in Havana, Cuba. At the age of one month, he was abandoned and left at the Saint Joseph orphanage in Havana. A note accompanying him indicated that he had not been baptized, prompting the orphanage to baptize him two days later....
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