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Blessed Ricardo Atanes Castro

14 August

Profile

Vincentian priest. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

5 August 1875 in Cualedro, Orense, Spain

14 August 1936 in Gijón, Asturias, Spain

5 July 2013 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

Additional Information

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle
- Vatican Information Services

MLA Citation

“Blessed Ricardo Atanes Castro“. CatholicSaints.Info. 14 August 2016. Web. 22 September 2018. <>