Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde
Also known as: Peter Poveda Castroverde
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
July 28
Born
December 3, 1874
Died
July 1, 28
Canonized
4 May 2003 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Saint Pedro Poveda Castroverde, also known as Peter Poveda Castroverde, was born on 3 December 1874 in Linares, Jaen, Spain. He came from a devout Catholic family and felt a strong calling to the priesthood from a young age. Following this calling, he entered the seminary in Jaen in 1889 and later continued his studies at the seminary of Guadix in Granada, Spain....