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Alonso de Orozco Mena
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Alonso de Orozco Mena (17 October 1500 – 19 September 1591) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest from the Augustinian order. He was well known across Spain for his preaching abilities and for an austere and humble life.
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Born | 17 October 1500 Oropesa, Toledo, Spain |
Died | 19 September 1591(1591-09-19) (aged 90) Madrid, Spain |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 15 January 1882, Saint Peter's Basilica, Kingdom of Italy by Pope Leo XIII |
Canonized | 19 May 2002, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
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He was beatified in 1882 after the recognition of two healings attributed to him as miracles and was canonized in 2002 after a third received papal approval. His feast is on the date of his death - 19 September - on an annual basis.[1]