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• 27 July

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Entered the novitiate of the Friars Minor Conventual at the Franciscan convent at Granollers, Spain as a teenager in 1929. Studied at the seminary in Osimo, Italy where he was ordained in 1934. His short career as a parish priest in Granollers was noted for his preaching and devotion to the confessional. Captured, beaten and martyred in the Spanish Civil War for the offense of being a priest.

Born

• 24 February 1912 in La Serna, Palencia, diocese of Leon, Spain

Died

• shot on 27 July 1936 in Can Moncada, Llisá de Munt, Barcelona, Spain

Venerated

• 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Modesto Vegas y Vegas“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 August 2017. Web. 19 July 2019. <>