Bl. Luis Magaña Servín

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Born: 24 August 1902 in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico

Died: shot by firing squad at 3pm on 9 February 1928 in Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico

Beatified: 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI

Lifelong layman in the archdiocese of Guadalajara. Active member of the Catholic Association of Mexican Youth. Member of the Archconfraternity of the Night Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and the Our Lady of Guadalupe Association of tradesmen in his parish. He grew up helping his father in the family’s leather tannery, and was a baseball fan. Married to Elvira Camarena Méndez on 6 January 1926, they had a son named Gilberto.

On 9 February 1928, in the persecutions of the Mexican Revolution, troops were ordered to arrest Luis as a Cristero, that is, a Christian who fought against the government; his home town of Arandas was a hotbed of resistance. He was away when the soldiers came to his house, so the troops arrested his brother. When he learned of this, Luis turned himself in, his brother was freed, and Luis was immediately sentenced to death. Martyr.

Elvira was pregnant at the time, and their daughter, Maria Luisa, was born after the death of her father.