Blessed Gregory

Memorial: 26 April
Profile: Spanish Dominican. With Saint Dominic, he preached in the villages of the Somontano, near Barbastro, near the Spanish Pyrenees. While travelling from one village to another, they were caught in strong thunderstorm; they sought refuge under and overhanging rock, which was loosened by the rain, and fell on them.
Died: crushed by a boulder in 1300 at Perarua; relics at Besians, diocese of Barbastro, Spain
Beatified: by Pope Pius IX (cultus confirmed)
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