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Blessed Pedro Rivera Y Rivera
Blessed Pedro Rivera Y Rivera

Blessed Pedro Rivera Y Rivera

Also known as: Candido

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

1 September; 6 November as one of the Martyred Friars Minor Conventuals of Granollers

Born

3 September 1912 at Villacreces, diocese of Leon, Spain as Candido Rivera-Rivera

Died

Shot on 6 September 1936 on L’Arrabassada highway, Barcelona, Spain

Venerated

26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Pedro Rivera Y Rivera, also known as Candido, was born on 3 September 1912 in Villacreces, in the diocese of Leon, Spain. He entered the Franciscan Friars Minor Conventual and took the name Pedro upon joining the order. Pedro made his novitiate in Granollers, Spain, and later pursued his theological studies in Osimo, Italy.

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