Draft:Saint Benito de Jesús

Saint Benito de Jesús, (Saint Hector Valdivielso Sáez, formerly Brother Hector Valdivielso Sáez. Spanish: San Héctor Valdivielso Sáez, formerly Hermano HéctorValdivielso Sáez) was an Argentine Saint who is best known for being the first Saint from Argentina, and being one of the Martyrs of Turon. He was born in Boedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 31, 1910, and immigrated to Spain with his family. By 1934 he became a Hermano de la Salle and was arrested, along with seven other Brothers and a Passionist Father, by the Communist Party of Spain and were executed by insurrections during the Asturias Uprising in October 9, 1934. All eight men were canonized by Pope John Paul II on November 21, 1999. Their feast day is October 9.

Life
Saint Benito de Jesús was born Héctor Valdivielso Sáez was born in Boedo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, on October 31, 1910, to poor Spanish immigrants, and was baptized in the church of Saint Nicholas-de-Bari. Due to financial difficulties, his family had to immigrate back to Spain, where he becam a Hermano de la Salle. He first went to Lembecq-lez-Hal, Belgium in 1924, to make his missionary novitiate, he was then sent to a school in Astorga, León in 1929, where he would teach local children, then he went to Turón, in 1933. He was later executed, along with seven other Brothers and the Passionist Father on October 9, 1934. They were buried in the cemetery of Bujedo near Burgos on February 26, 1935. They were all granted martyrdom during the Spanish Civil War.

Canonization
Brother Benito de Jesús, along with the seven other Brothers and the Passionist Father were beatified by Turon, Asturias, and Northern Spain on April 29, 1990, and were canonized by Pope John Paul II on November 21, 1999.