Blessed Leopold of Alpandeire

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".

Leopold of Alpandeire – born Francisco Tomás de San Juan Bautista Márquez y Sánchez – was a Spanish Capuchin friar. He spent most of his life in Granada, where its people still remember and celebrate him as a model example of Christian life and virtue. Devotion to the friar has spread considerably in southern Spain. He was beatified in September 2010.