Blessed Sixto Alonso Helva
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
May 27
Born
February 1, 1916
Died
May 27, 1937
Beatified
9 March 2019 by Pope Francis
Biography
Blessed Sixto Alonso Helva, born on 1 February 1916 in Poago, Asturias, Spain, was a devout seminarian of the archdiocese of Oviedo. He lived during a tumultuous period in Spanish history, marked by the unrest and violence of the Spanish Civil War.