Saint Benjamín Julián

Also known as

• Vicente Alonso Andrés

Memorial

• 9 October

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Member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, entering the novitate on 29 August 1924. One of the Martyrs of Turón killed in the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 27 October 1908 in Jamarillo de la Fuente, Burgos, Spain as Vicente Alonso Andrés

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
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• L’Osservatore Romano
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Benjamín Julián”. Saints.SQPN.com. 30 August 2012. Web. 22 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-benjamin-julian/>