Blessed Modesto Vegas y Vegas
Profile
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
- 26 March 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Modesto Vegas y Vegas“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 August 2017. Web. 17 November 2019. <>