holidays
August 26,
Christian feast day: Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá
Beatification
Beatification is a recognition accorded by the Catholic Church of a deceased person's entrance into Heaven and capacity to intercede on behalf of individuals who pray in their name. Beati is the plural form, referring to those who have undergone the process of beatification; they possess the title of "Blessed" before their names and are often referred to in English as "a Blessed" or, plurally, "Blesseds".
Ceferino Namuncurá
Ceferino Namuncurá was a religious student, the object of a Roman Catholic cultus of veneration in northern Patagonia and throughout Argentina.