ALL SAINTS CELEBRATED IN JULY Saints celebrated on the 25th of July WELCOME! BLESSED DARIO ACOSTA ZURITA, PRIEST AND MARTYR ➡️ The Martyrs of the Mexican Revolution Father Dario Acosta Zurita (December 14, 1908 - July 25, 1931) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest who ministered in Veracruz where he lived. Bl. Dario, during his studies for the priesthood, was known as the athletic seminarian. Bishop Rafael Guizar Valencia ordained him in 1931. He was killed three months later after armed gunmen stormed the Assumption Cathedral in Puerto de Vera Cruz - enacting the so-called Tejeda Law - and shot him dead. HE IS ONE OF THE PATRON SAINTS FOR PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS Fr Dario's beatification cause was begun under Pope John Paul II on September 3, 1988 and he was beatified under Pope Benedict XVI on November 20, 2005 after the latter confirmed that Zurita had been killed 'in odium fidei' - in hatred of the faith. Cardinal Jose Saraiva Martins presided over the be...