Saint Benito de Jesus

Also known as

• Héctor Valdivieso Sáez
• Benedict of Jesus

Memorial

• 9 October

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Member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, entering the novitate on 7 August 1926. One of the Martyrs of Turón killed in the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 31 October 1910 in Buenos Aires, Argentina as Héctor Valdivieso Sáez

Died

• 9 October 1934 in Turón, Spain

Venerated

• 7 September 1989 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• L’Osservatore Romano
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Benito de Jesus”. Saints.SQPN.com. 31 August 2012. Web. 18 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-benito-de-jesus/>