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Blessed Leandro Cuesta Andrés

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28-Aug

Born

30 March 1870 in Rupelo, Burgos, Spain

Died

28 August 1936 in Barbastro, Huesca, Spain

Beatified

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Complex Educatiu, Tarragona, Spain, Cardinal Angelo Amato chief celebrant

Venerated

3 June 2013 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Leandro Cuesta Andrés, born on 30 March 1870 in Rupelo, Burgos, Spain, was a devoted Catholic priest and member of the Benedictine Solesmes Congregation. He lived during a tumultuous period in Spain's history, marked by the Spanish Civil War.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Beatified2013-10-13 by 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis; beatification celebrated at the Complex Educatiu, Tarragona, Spain, Cardinal Angelo Amato chief celebrant

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