Blessed Mamerto Esquiú Y Medina
Also known as: Mamerto de la Ascensión Esquiú
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
January 10
Born
May 11, 1826
Died
January 1, 10
Beatified
13 March 2021 by Pope Francis
Venerated
16 December 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Mamerto Esquiú Y Medina, also known as Mamerto de la Ascensión Esquiú, was born on 11 May 1826 in San José de Piedra Blanca, Catamarca, Argentina. He was the son of Santiago Esquiú and María de las Nieves Medina. From an early age, Mamerto felt a deep calling to religious life, and it was said that he would even wear a brown Franciscan habit as a child.
Cause for Canonization
Beatified
Beatified2021-03-13 by 13 March 2021 by Pope Francis; the beatification recognition was celebrated in Catamarca, Argentina; the beatification miracle involved the cure of a case of chronic osteomyelitis in the femur of a small girl after doctors had given up and planned to amputate the limb
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