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• 2 August

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Joined the Vincentians on 19 August 1911, making his profession on 1 January 1914. Ordained on 10 August 1921. Professor at the Vincentian Apostolic College in Teruel, and the in 1935 at Alcorisa, Spain. Regardless of his assignment, he never forgot that his first vocation was to be a priest, leading people to Christ. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 18 March 1895 in Villarmentero, Burgos, Spain

Died

• beaten to death with a hand tool on 2 August 1936 in Las Planas de Oliete, Teruel, Spain
• body thrown off a cliff

Venerated

• 5 July 2013 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Leoncio Pérez Nebreda“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 August 2016. Web. 12 July 2020. <>