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'''Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albá''' (January 9, 1902 – June 26, 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest and founder of the [[Opus Dei]]. On October 6, 2002, he was canonized by [[Pope John Paul II]], who declared Saint Josemaría as "counted among the great witnesses of Christianity."

'''Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albá''' (January 9, 1902 – June 26, 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest and founder of the [[Opus Dei]] movement. On October 6, 2002, he was canonized by [[Pope John Paul II]], who declared Saint Josemaría as "counted among the great witnesses of Christianity."

Escrivá de Balaguer was born in Barbastro, Spain in 1902 and ordained to the priesthood in 1925. On October 2, 1928, Escrivá founded [[Opus Dei]] as a new lay movement through which Catholics might learn to sanctify themselves without abandoning secular life.  

Escrivá de Balaguer was born in Barbastro, Spain in 1902 and ordained to the priesthood in 1925. On October 2, 1928, Escrivá founded [[Opus Dei]] as a new lay movement through which Catholics might learn to sanctify themselves without abandoning secular life.