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Blessed Martin of León

Blessed Martin of Leon Also known as

Martin of the Holy Cross

12 January

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Educated in the monastery of Saint Marcellus at León, Spain. Pilgrim to Rome, Italy, and to Constantinople. Augustinian canon regular at Saint Marcellus abbey. Priest. When his monastery was secularized, he entered the collegiate church of Saint Isidore at Leon. Wrote commentaries on the Epistles and Revelations, and discourses on varied subjects. Known during his lifetime for his holiness and ascetical writings.

Born

in León, Old Castile, Spain

Died

12 January 1203 at León, Spain of natural causes
relics enshrined in the San Martin chapel in the collegiate church of León in 1513

Canonized

the religious of Saint Isidore’s dedicated a chapel to Martin very early, and celebrated his feast each year
in 1964 the Sacred Congregation of Rites approved his feast for the diocese of León, Spain