Blessed Luis Echevarría Gorostiaga
Feast Day
22 September; 6 November as one of the Martyred Friars Minor of Granada
Born
26 August 1895 in Ceánuri, Vizcaya, Spain; baptized the same day
Died
At dawn on 22 September 1936 in Azuaga, Badajoz, Spain
Beatified
28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Venerated
28 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Luis Echevarría Gorostiaga was born on 26 August 1895 in Ceánuri, Vizcaya, Spain. On the same day he was baptized in the Catholic Church, which would become a significant influence in his life. As a young man, Luis Echevarría Gorostiaga felt called to religious life and pursued his studies at the Seraphic College of Chipiona in Cadiz, Spain.
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