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Pedro de Jesús Maldonado
Mexican priest (1892-1937)
SaintResearchedMexicoPost-1588
Feast: 11 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1892
Died
1937
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
—
not on record
Who they were
At Chihuahua in Mexico, Saint Pedro Maldonado, priest and martyr, who, in the fury of the persecution, venerating the mystery of the Eucharist to the last, was struck a mortal blow to the head and merited to obtain the glorious triumph.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 11 February as a priest martyred at Chihuahua who venerated the Eucharist to the last.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11698650 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Peter of Jesus Maldonado (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.