Today Church remembers the first Colombian Blessed: Mariano
de Jesus Eusse. Father Mariano was born in Yarumal, Colombia, on October 14,
1845. He entered the seminary of Medellin in 1869 and was ordained on July 14,
1872. He began work as a parish priest in Angostura in 1882 and died in 1926 at
the age of 81.
Father Mariano spent his life working with farmers and the
poor. The cause for his canonization was opened October 10, 1980, and he was
beatified April 9, 2000 by St. John Paul II after the miraculous cure of a
priest suffering from cancer.
His remains are buried at the church where he served as
pastor for 44 years.
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