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Christian feast day: Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (one of Saints of the Cristero War)
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Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo
Mexican Catholic priest, martyr and saint
Jenaro Sánchez y Delgadillo was a Mexican Catholic priest who was executed by the Mexican military during the Cristero War in that country, born on 19 September 1886 and died on 17 January 1927. He is now honored as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Saints of the Cristero War
Mexican martyrs of the Catholic Church
On May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War. The vast majority are Catholic priests who were executed for carrying out their ministry despite the suppression under the anti-clerical laws of Plutarco Elías…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)