12 BLESSEDS TO BE CANONIZED NOVEMBER 21

VATICAN CITY, NOV 16, 1999 (VIS) - On November 21, solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Pope John Paul II, at 9:30 a.m. in St. Peter's Basilica, will canonize 12 Blesseds, according to a communique released today by the Office of the Liturgical Ceremonies of the Supreme Pontiff.

The future saints are: Cirilo Bertran and eight companions (died 1934), religious of the institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, and Inocencio de la Immaculada (died 1937), priest of the Congregation of the Passion of Christ, all of whom were martyrs; Benedetto Menni (1841-1914, priest of the Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, founder of the Hospitaller Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Tommaso da Cori (1655-1729) priest of the Order of Friars Minor.

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