Blessed Leandro Cuesta Andrés
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 28
Born
March 30, 1870
Died
August 28, 1936
Beatified
13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
Religious Order
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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