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Blessed Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz

Blessed Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Aldaz Memorial

29 July
30 July as one of the Martyred Hospitallers of Spain

Profile

Entered the Carmelites on 31 January 1911. Joined the Hospitallers of Saint John of God at age 30. Worked at an asylum hospital. Seized as he was leaving the hospital where he worked as a nurse to crippled children, he was ordered to blaspheme to prove that he renounced Christianity; he refused. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

13 March 1882 in Nuin, Navarra, Spain

shot on 29 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain
body dumped in a field in Esplugas de Liobregat, Spain

14 May 1991 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

other sites in english
- Hagiography Circle

sitios en español
- Martirologio Romano, 2001 edición

fonti in italiano
- Martirologio Romano, 2005 edition
- Santi e Beati
- Santi e Beati
- Santi e Beati

nettsteder i norsk
- Den katolske kirke

MLA Citation

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