Venerable Manuel Lozano Garrido
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- Also known as
- Lolo (nickname)
- Profile
- Joined Catholic Action at age 11.
As a teenager during the Spanish Civil War he visited prisoners and would sneak them Holy Communion; he developed a strong devotion to the Eucharist when he spent a Holy Thursday in prison alone with a host hidden in some flowers.
Lifelong layman, and a working journalist in the diocese of Jaén, Spain.
In 1942 he contracted spondylitis, and a slow paralysis began to set in; a year later was confined to a wheelchair, a condition that would last the rest of his life.
Lost his sight in 1962.
When he lost use of his right hand, he learned to write with his left; when it became paralyzed, he dictated his work to his sister.
Though he progressively lost use of his body, he worked for newspapers, Catholic periodicals and the Associated Press, founded the magazine Sinai, won the prestigious Bravo award for journalism in 1969, and wrote nine books on spirituality.
- Born
- 9 August 1920 in Linares, Jaén, Spain
- Died
- 3 November 1971 in Linares, Jaén, Spain of natural causes
- Venerated
- 17 December 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
- Beatified
- pending;
on 17 January 2008 a medical commission recognized as "scientifically inexplicable" the 1972 cure on two-year-old Rogelio de Haro Sagra from multiple organ failure due to Gram-negative sepsis;
if you have information relevant to the beatification of Venerable Lolo, contact
Asociación de Amigos de Lolo
C/ Viriato, 27 - 3º Izqd.
Aptdo. 208
23700 Linares (Jaén), SPAIN
www.amigosdelolo.com
- Additional Information
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Amigos de Lolo - español
Archidiócesis de Madrid - español
Catholic.Net - español
Radio Vaticano - español
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