St. Oscar Romero
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Today's saint is my first modern-era saint, Saint Oscar Romero. If you're interested in the life of Oscar Romero, I highly recommend the film Romero , which was created several years before Oscar Romero was even beatified. Oscar Romero is a particularly special saint for me personally, because I learned about his life and sacrifice before I converted. With all the ancient saints' many miracles and unbelievable tales, it can sometimes be easy to forget that the saints were real people who lived in a time and a place. But Oscar Romero's martyrdom doesn't let us forget that. His death was the same decade in which I was born. His sacrifice for peace and equality paid off in 1992 when the Salvadoran Civil War ended by the signing of the Chapultepec Peace Accords. Lifetime: August 15, 1917 to March 24, 1980 Region: El Salvador Patronages: El Salvador; The Americas; Persecuted Christians Iconograpy: Black cassock; Amaranth zucchetto and fascia; Glasses Feast Da