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Blessed Manuel Basulto Jiménez Date Location And Photographer Unknown
Blessed Manuel Basulto Jiménez Date Location And Photographer Unknown

Blessed Manuel Basulto Jiménez

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

12-Aug

Born

17 May 1860 in Adanero, Ávila, Spain

Died

Shot on a prisoner transport train on 12 August 1936 in Vallecas, Madrid, Spain; buried in the crypt in the Cathedral of the Asunción de la Virgen of Jaén, Spain

Beatified

27 October 2013 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at Tarragona, Spain

Venerated

27 March 2013 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Manuel Basulto Jiménez, also known as Manuel Basulto, was born on 17 May 1860 in Adanero, Ávila, Spain. He was the son of a miller and grew up in a devout Catholic family. Showing an early inclination towards the priesthood, Manuel joined the seminary in Avila, Spain in 1880.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified2013-10-27 by 27 October 2013 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at Tarragona, Spain

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