Feast March 17
Blessed Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí y Moreno
Blessed · Religious founder, patron of Mercedarian Sisters of Charity · Feast March 17
Biography
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Mercedarian Sisters of Charity (1878). Moreno was ordained as a priest in 1855 and was accused of misconduct in 1888 and the Holy See ordered him to leave the congregation as an investigation took place; he was vindicated in 1894.
Feast day
March 17
Patronage
- Mercedarian Sisters of Charity
Birth date
1831-10-11
Death date
1905-03-17
Canonization status
Beatified
Feast month
3
Wikidata qid
Q3810892
Content subtype
saint_biography
Feast day of month
17