RELIGIOUS FIGURE

José Sánchez del Río

1913 - 1928

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José Luis Sánchez del Río (March 28, 1913 – February 10, 1928) was a Mexican Cristero who was put to death by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. His death was seen as a largely political venture on the part of government officials in their attempt to stamp out dissent and crush religious freedom in the area. He was dubbed "Joselito". He was declared to be venerable on June 22, 2004, by Pope John Paul II and was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI – through the Cardinal-Prefect of the Congregation of the Causes of Saints – on November 20, 2005, in Mexico. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. José Sánchez del Río is the 1,513th most popular religious figure (down from 1,356th in 2019), the 88th most popular biography from Mexico (up from 91st in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mexican Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, José Sánchez del Río ranks 1,513 out of 3,187. Before him are Fatimah bint Musa, Ranuccio Farnese, Domenico Tardini, Petar I Petrović-Njegoš, Guillaume Dubois, and Wolfgang of Regensburg. After him are Daniele Comboni, Said ibn al-Musayyib, Urbain Grandier, Eudokia of Heliopolis, John Xiphilinus, and Dawud al-Zahiri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, José Sánchez del Río ranks 112. Before him are Shih Kien, Sebastiano Baggio, Franck Pourcel, Pak Song-chol, Masatoshi Nakayama, and Willi Hennig. After him are Mary Kenneth Keller, Philip Abelson, Tikhon Khrennikov, Wols, Georgy Flyorov, and Ken Carpenter. Among people deceased in 1928, José Sánchez del Río ranks 40. Before him are Ebenezer Howard, Jan Toorop, Hideyo Noguchi, Francis Preserved Leavenworth, Pavel Axelrod, and Lala Lajpat Rai. After him are Abdul Rahman bin Faisal Al Saud, Otto Nordenskjöld, Léon Duguit, Hermann Sudermann, Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau, and Roman Steinberg.

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In Mexico

Among people born in Mexico, José Sánchez del Río ranks 88 out of 729. Before him are Thalía (1971), Verónica Castro (1952), Jorge Campos (1966), Chimalpopoca (1397), Pedro Infante (1917), and Miguel Alemán Valdés (1900). After him are Chespirito (1929), Jacob Bekenstein (1947), Adolfo de la Huerta (1881), Rafael Caro Quintero (1952), Yola Ramírez (1935), and Henry Eyring (1901).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Mexico

Among religious figures born in Mexico, José Sánchez del Río ranks 4. Before him are Juan Diego (1474), Julia Pastrana (1834), and Marcial Maciel (1920). After him are Juan Sandoval Íñiguez (1933), Tlacaelel (1397), Francisco Robles Ortega (1949), Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo (1926), Bernard Francis Law (1931), Carlos Aguiar Retes (1950), Adolfo Suárez Rivera (1927), and Javier Lozano Barragán (1933).

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