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St. Ezequiel Moreno y Diaz
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Patron: of Cancer
Birth: 1848
Death: 1906
Beatified: 1 November 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Canonized: 11 October 1992, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic by Pope John Paul II
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Ezequiel Moreno y Díaz, also Ezekiel Moreno y Diaz was a member of the Order of Augustinian Recollects and now venerated as a Saint in the Roman Catholic Church. He was born on 9 April 1848 in Alfacro, La Rioja, Spain and later on served as a missionary to the Philippines. He also became the Bishop of Pinara and later of Pasto, both in Colombia. His brother Julián Moreno, OAR is also venerated as a Blessed because of his martyrdom in Motril. He is invoked as the Patron of Cancer Patients.