Bl. Jose Gabriel del Rosario Brochero
Source: Catholicsaints.info
Roman martyrology: At Villa del Transito, Cordoba, Argentina, Venerable José Gabriel Brochero Rosaro diocesan priest (1914)
Beatification date: 14 September 2013 by Pope Francis
Canonization date: 21 January 2016.
SHORT BIOGRAPHY
Born March 16, 1840 in Santa Rosa de Río Primero, Córdoba, Argentina. The fourth of ten brothers. Priest in the diocese of Córdoba, Argentina, ordained at age 26.
Known to travel long distances in Argentina on the back of a mule, dressed in sombrero and poncho, to serve the needs of Christiansm throughout his huge parish. Cared for the sick during the cholera epidemic of 1867 He was contracted leprosy during his travels, and was blind toward the end.
He died on January 26,1914 in Villa del Tránsito, Córdoba, Argentina of leprosy. His beatification miracle involved the healing of 13 year old Nicolas Flores who was in a vegetative state following a severe car crash