"no hope of survival", 2008–2009. It was investigated on a local level in Mexico and concluded its work on January 30, 2015. A medical board approved it in 2015 while theologians did so as well on October 8, 2015; the C.C.S. granted final approval on January 12, 2016, before submitting it to the pope for his approval. Pope Francis approved the miracle as being directly attributed to his intercession on January 21, 2016, and the pope confirmed at an ordinary consistory of cardinals on March 15, 2016, the date of which he would be elevated to sainthood. He was canonized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church on October 16, 2016. Legacy The "Blessed José Sánchez del Río High School Seminary" was established in 2008 in Mankato, Minnesota by Father Carlos Miguel Buela of the Institute of the Incarnate Word (IVE) (), a Roman Catholic religious institute. The junior (middle) high school and high school is a preparatory seminary quartered on the 1854 parish grounds of the Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Mankato, Minnesota. The school's teen and young adult students are known collectively as "The Minor Seminarians". The newly named "St. José Sánchez del Río Catholic School" is located in San Antonio, Texas. Under the auspice of the Archdiocese of San Antonio, Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller renamed the school prior to the start of the 2019–2020 school year. The school's mascot are the "Defenders of the Faith" in line with the charism of San Joselito and uses the rosary, Virgen de Guadalupe, and a palm as symbols of his devotion and faith. In popular culture José Luis Sánchez del Río is one of the characters portrayed in the film For Greater Glory which depicts the story of the Cristero War and also depicts his martyrdom. See also Saints of the Cristero War References Further reading Ferreira, Cornelia R. Saint José Luis Sánchez del Rio: Cristero Boy Martyr, 2d. ed., biography (2017 Canisius Books). McKenzie, Kevin William “Saint José, Boy Cristero Martyr", biography (2019) External links Hagiography Circle Saints SQPN Biography at Vatican News Service Blessed José Sánchez del Rio High School Seminary 1913 births 1928 deaths 20th-century executions by Mexico 20th-century Roman Catholic martyrs 20th-century venerated Christians Mexican Roman Catholic saints Roman Catholic child saints Cristero War Executed children Executed Mexican people Mexican children People executed by Mexico by firearm People from Sahuayo Beatifications by Pope Benedict