[1] He gained a rather strong reputation for being a formidable pastor and a man dedicated to both education and science while using his scientific knowledge to concoct natural medicines to aid the ill who came to him for his help.

The infant was later baptized in the parish church of San Jorge de Acebedo in the town next to his on 25 March.

The new priest was sent on a range of missions to schools in places such as San Fernando and Celanova but was also assigned to other localities such Monforte de Lemos.

[2] But his time in schools did not see him neglect his other duties as a priest for he loved to spend hours on end hearing confessions and became known in due course for his remarkable patience and sage advice.

He was later sent at some stage to Sanlucar de Barrameda where he encountered marginalized and illiterate women and he decided to aid them from this appalling injustice.

[1] He established the Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess on 2 January 1885 for girls – also known as the Calasanzian Institute – and placed emphasis on their education for the promotion of women in life.

The formal introduction to the cause came on 7 January 1982 after the Congregation for the Causes of Saints granted the official "nihil obstat" and titled him as a Servant of God.

Pope John Paul II recognized that he had lived a life of heroic virtue and proclaimed him to be Venerable on 21 December 1992.

John Paul II approved this healing to be a legitimate miracle on 6 April 1998 and beatified the late Piarist priest in Saint Peter's Square on 25 October 1998.