Manuel Morales
Mexican layman killed during the Cristero War. Catholic Saint (1898-1926)
Feast: 21 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Manuel Morales Cervantes was a Mexican layman who was killed during the Cristero War. A pro-Catholic activist during the anticlerical period under President Plutarco Elías Calles, he was captured by government forces, and was executed for refusing to renounce his position. Morales was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 21 May 2000 as one of 25 Saints of the Cristero War.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Wikidata Q12967680 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Manuel Morales (martyr) (CC BY-SA)
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