Blessed Diego Ventaja Milán

Memorial

• 30 August

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Bishop of Almería, Spain on 1 May 1935. One of the Martyrs of Almeria killed during the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 12 June 1880 at Ohanes, Almería, Spain

Died

• shot on 30 August 1936 at Barranco de El Chisme, Almería, Spain

Venerated

• 21 December 1992 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 10 October 1993 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Diego, contact
     Father Rodolfo Cosimo Meoli, FSC
     Asociación de Amigos del Bto. Manuel Medina Olmos
     C/ Sta. María, 13
     18500 Guadix, SPAIN

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
• Hagiography Circle
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Diego Ventaja Milán”. Saints.SQPN.com. 20 November 2012. Web. 21 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/blessed-diego-ventaja-milan/>