Feast May 21
Saint Agustín Caloca Cortés
Martyr, patron of Cancer · Feast May 21
Biography
Cristóbal Magallanes Jara was a Mexican Catholic priest and martyr who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War. He had faced trumped-up charges of inciting rebellion.
Feast day
May 21
Patronage
- Cancer
Birth date
1869-07-30
Death date
1927-05-25
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
May 21, 2000
Canonized by
Pope John Paul II
Feast month
5
Wikidata qid
Q4694658
Feast day of month
21