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Blessed León Alesanco Maestro

Also known as

Brother Luis Gonzaga

30 November

Profile

Benedictine priest in the Subiaco Congregation. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

22 May 1882 in San Millán de la Cogolla, La Rioja, Spain

30 November 1936 in Barcelona, Spain

28 June 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis
beatification celebrated in Tarragona, Spain

Additional Information

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

MLA Citation

“Blessed León Alesanco Maestro“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 November 2015. Web. 18 January 2020. <>