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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

September 1

Born

September 3, 1912

Died

September 1, 6

Religious Order

Franciscan

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.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

Feast Days

September 1November 6
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