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.
Andrés Manjón y Manjón | |
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 Pictured c. 1910. | |
| Born | 30 November 1846 Sargentes de Lora, Burgos, Kingdom of Spain |
| Died | 10 July 1923 (aged 76) Granada, Spanish Kingdom |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Attributes | Priest's cassock |
| Patronage | Ave Maria Schools |
A cause for Manjón's beatification was opened on 10 May 1951.[2] Pope Francis named him as Venerable on 23 November 2020.
References
edit- ^ Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society: Volumes 14-17 1986 "By 1922, there were four such schools in Granada alone, each consisting of several houses. Elsewhere in Spain, there were over 170 similar schools. Manjón did not found an order, but his imitators were many."
- ^ Index ac status causarum beatificationis servorum dei et canonizationis beatorum (in Latin). Typis polyglottis vaticanis. January 1953. p. 13.