Rutilio Grande
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Rutilio Grande García, SJ was a Salvadoran Jesuit priest assassinated in 1977 by Salvadoran security forces. He was the first priest assassinated before the Salvadoran Civil War started and was a close friend of Archbishop Óscar Romero.
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Oscar Romero (centre) and Rutilio Grande (Right side) in 1977
Memorial plaque at the assassination site. The epitaph quotes Jesus’ words in John 13:15, and translates to “Greater love than this no man hath, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Monsignor Romero, right, meeting Pope Paul VI six weeks before the latter's death. Romero is handing him a photo of Rutilio Grande, assassinated the year before.
Graves of Grande (centre), Lemus (left) and Solórzano (right) fronting the altar, in the church of El Paisnal, 2019. It is the same spot where their bodies were first laid the night after their murder.
Museum exhibit about Rutilio GrandeReligious Figures born in the 1920s 6
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Rutilio Grande García, SJ was a Salvadoran Jesuit priest assassinated in 1977 by Salvadoran security forces. He was the first priest assassinated before the Salvadoran Civil War started and was a close friend of Archbishop Óscar Romero. His beatification, through his status as a martyr, was approved by Pope Francis on 21 February 2020, with the ceremony being held in San Salvador on 22 January 2022.
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