Andrés Manjón y Manjón | |
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Born | 30 November 1846 Sargentes de Lora, Burgos, Kingdom of Spain |
Died | 10 July 1923 Granada, Spanish Kingdom | (aged 76)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Attributes | Priest's cassock |
Patronage | Ave Maria Schools |
Andrés Manjón y Manjón ( Sargentes de la Lora, 30 November 1846 – 10 July 1923) was a Spanish priest and educator who founded the Escuelas del Ave-María (Schools of Ave Maria) in Granada. [1] He was ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1886.
A cause for Manjón's beatification was opened on 10 May 1951. [2] Pope Francis named him as Venerable on 23 November 2020.