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• 11 October

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Pilgrim to Rome, Italy at age 15 after which he joined the Salesians of Don Bosco at their house at Sarria outside Barcelona, Spain, making his profession in 1900. An artist, he used painting and theatre as fields for spreading the faith. Captured at an inn where he was hiding from anti–Christian militia-men, he was martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 9 March 1876 in Seville, Spain

Died

• 13 October 1936 in Barcelona, Spain

Venerated

• 20 December 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martydom)

Beatified

• 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Ángel Ramos Velázquez“. CatholicSaints.Info. 28 May 2018. Web. 8 July 2020. <>