St Josemaria Escriva Priest, he was born 9 January 1902, Barbastro, Aragon, Spain, and he died 26 June 1975 (aged 73) Rome, Italy.
He was beatified on 17 May 1992, Saint Peter’s Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II and ten years later Canonized (6 Oct. 2002,) also by Pope John Paul II who counted Escriva a living witness to practical Christianity.
Ss John and Paul (4th Century) martyrs
Todays feast is of two third century brothers were said to have been martyred in Rome on 26th June under Julian the Apostate (361–3).