Andrés Manjón y Manjón (

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, 30 November 1846 – 10 July 1923) was a Spanish priest and educator who founded the Escuelas del Ave-María (Schools of Ave Maria) in Granada.Journal of the Midwest History of Education Society: Volumes 14-17 1986 "By 1922, there were four such schools in Granada alone, each consisting of several houses. Elsewhere in Spain, there were over 170 similar schools. Manjón did not found an order, but his imitators were many. " He was ordained to the priesthood on 16 June 1886.

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named him as

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on 23 November 2020.

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* http://www.escuelasdelavemaria.org/PATRONATOAM/Bienvenida.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Manjón, Andrés 1846 births 1923 deaths Spanish educators Spanish Roman Catholic priests Venerated Catholics by Pope Francis