Manuel Gómez González

Manuel Gómez González (May 29, 1877 – May 21, 1924) was a Spanish missionary priest and a Catholic martyr who lived in Brazil.His social work in the area included the construction of a pottery shop, a hotel and houses for the homeless of Nonoai.The Brazilian revolution of 1923 made the border region between Uruguay and Brazil very dangerous, with various bands and commandos acting violently for the ownership of lands.In one of the routine visits, both the priest and his auxiliary altar boy were tortured and assassinated on May 21, 1924, in the town of Feijão Miúdo, in the current municipality of Três Passos by revolutionaries.On 21 October 2007 they were beatified by mandate of the Pope Benedict XVI in a ceremony presided by Cardinal José Saraiva Martins in Frederico Westphalen, Rio Grande do Sul.
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