Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí y Moreno
Spanish Roman Catholic priest, founder and blessed (1831-1905)
Feast: 17 March (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí y Moreno was born at Granada on 11 October 1831. He studied humanities and law and was known for his prayer and his charity to the poor.
Ordained in Granada cathedral on 2 June 1855, he served in parishes and founded the Sisters of Charity of Our Lady of Mercy.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A priest of Granada who founded the Mercedarian Sisters of Charity.
The cause
Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí y Moreno has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Mercedarians: Blessed Juan Nepomuceno Zegri.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí y Moreno
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 9 November 2003
- Wikidata Q3810892 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Juan Nepomuceno Zegrí Moreno (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.