Christian feast day: Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (one of Saints of the Cristero War)

January 17

Christian feast day: Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (one of Saints of the Cristero War)

Jenaro Sánchez y Delgadillo was a Mexican Catholic priest who was executed by the Mexican military during the Cristero War in that country, born on September 19, 1886 and died on January 17, 1927. He is now honored as a martyr and saint by the Catholic Church.