Leopold of Alpandeire
Leopold of Alpandeire (24 June 1864 – 9 February 1956) – born Francisco Tomás de San Juan Bautista Márquez y Sánchez – was a Spanish Capuchin friar. He spent most of his life in Granada, where its people still remember and celebrate him as a model example of Christian life and virtue. Devotion to the friar has spread considerably in southern Spain. He was beatified in September 2010.
In the Martyrology
- February 9 Blessed Leopoldo da Alpandeire (Francisco Tomás Márquez Sánchez), religious