SAINT
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A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Leopold of Alpandeire – born Francisco Tomás de San Juan Bautista Márquez y Sánchez – was a Spanish Capuchin friar. He spent most of his life in Granada, where its people still remember and celebrate him as a model example of Christian life and virtue. Devotion to the friar has spread considerably in southern Spain. He was beatified in September 2010.
feast Day
02-09
birth Date
1864-06-24
death Date
1956-02-09
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
2
feast Day Of Month
9

