Blessed Tobias Francisco Borrás Román
Also known as: Francisco Borrás Romeu; Tobias Borrás Román; Tobias Borrás Romeu
Feast Day
11 February; 24 November (listed on some calendars due to confusion over the date of his death in some of the beatification paperwork); 30 July as one of the Martyred Hospitallers of Spain
Born
14 April 1861 in San Jorge, Castellón, Spain
Died
Shot on 11 February 1937 at the Hospitaller community just outside the city of Valencia, Spain
Beatified
25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II
Venerated
14 May 1991 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Tobias Francisco Borrás Román, also known as Francisco Borrás Romeu, Tobias Borrás Román, or Tobias Borrás Romeu, was born on April 14, 1861, in San Jorge, Castellón, Spain. At the age of 23, he entered into marriage in 1884. tragically, he became a widower when his wife succumbed to the cholera epidemic of 1885-1886.
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