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Ginés de la Jara

Catholic Saint

SaintDocumented cause

Feast: 25 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
unknown
Died
801
Beatified
not on record
Canonised
17 May 1541
unverified

Who they were

Ginés de la Jara (also known as Ginés de la Xara, Ginés el Franco, Genesius Sciarensis) is a semi-legendary saint of Spain. He is associated with the region surrounding Cartagena, of which he is co-patron. A hermitage was founded adjacent to the Mar Menor, and ruins of a monastery bearing his name date from before the Moorish conquest of 711 AD, that is, from the Visigothic era.

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The miracles

Limited information available on this saint.

Why that counted as sanctity

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Sources

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