Sep 11

Blessed Pedro de Alcántara Villanueva

September 11th XX century

Name
Pedro (Masculino)
Celebrate
People named Pedro use to celebrate 29-Jun:
Saint Peter Apostle
Other saints
Other saints named Pedro
Secular name
Lorenzo Villanueva Larráyoz
Born
en Osinaga, Juslapeña, in current Spain
Dead
September 11th 1936 in Barcelona, in current Spain
Celebration
September 11th
Religious
de la Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios
In Barcelona, in Spain, Pedro de Alcántara (Lorenzo) blessed Villanueva Larráyoz, religious of the order of St. John of God and the martyr, who, because of its religious status, received martyrdom during the ruthless Spanish religious persecution. He was 55 years old and was a nurse in the asylum Hospital in Barcelona. Roman martyrology