Feast May 4
Venerable Victor Emilio Moscoso Cárdenas
Venerable · Martyr · Feast May 4
Biography
Victor Emilio Moscoso y Cárdenas was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic priest and professed member from the Jesuits. He served as a teacher in the COPEM college in Riobamba since 1892 and it was there that he was slain during the Liberal Revolution which had started in 1895. Moscoso was a noted philosopher and taught rhetoric and grammar to his students while serving as a professor; he also served as the college's rector from 1893 until his assassination.
Feast day
May 4
Birth date
1846-04-21
Death date
1897-05-04
Canonization status
Venerable
Feast month
5
Wikidata qid
Q61722597
Feast day of month
4
