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Box 1

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Jalisco Martyrs, circa 1926-1929

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Identifier: MSH/LAT 0085-6
Scope and Contents

The postcards depict six priests executed during the Cristero Rebellion. Also included is a postcard of Anacleto González Flores, a lawyer and active member of the Asociación Católica de la Juventud Mexicana and founder of the Unión Popular, executed on 1 April 1927, on authority of Mexican president Plutarco Elías Calles (beatified 15 November 2005).

Dates: circa 1926-1929