Saint of the Day 18/April
Saint of the Day (April 18) ✠ Blessed Andrés Hibernón Real ✠ Born: 1534 Murcia, Kingdom of Spain Died: 18 April 1602 (aged 68) Gandia, Valencia, Kingdom of Spain Venerated in: Roman Catholic Church Beatified: 22 May 1791, Saint Peter's Basilica, Papal States by Pope Pius VI Feast day : 18 April Attributes : Franciscan habit Patronage: Murcia, Alcantarilla Blessed Andrés Hibernón Real (1534 - 18 April 1602) was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor. Hibernón was born to nobles who fell poor and was robbed when he sought to provide funds for his parents - this occurrence prompted him to revise his approach to material and spiritual goods and so became a friar to cultivate his spiritual needs. His beatification received formal approval from Pope Pius VI in mid-1791. Although Andrés Hibernón Real was born in 1534 at his uncle's house in Murcia, he spent his childhood in Alcantarilla where his parents lived. He was ...