Biography
Sabás Reyes Salazar
About Sabás Reyes Salazar
Sabás Reyes Salazar was born in Cocula, Jalisco, on 5 December 1883. He studied for the priesthood in Guadalajara and was ordained in 1911. At Tototlán, his ministry included religious instruction and teaching young people practical skills, arts, and music.
In Holy Week 1927, troops came looking for the parish clergy and found Reyes. They imprisoned and tortured him over several days. On 13 April he was taken to the cemetery and shot. He was canonized in 2000 with the Mexican martyrs.
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