On May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War. The vast majority are Catholic priests who were executed for carrying out their ministry despite the suppression under the anti-clerical laws of Plutarco Elías Calles after the revolution in the 1920s. Priests who took up arms, however, were excluded from the process. The group of saints share the feast day of May 21. Canonized 16 October 2016 by Pope Francis José Sánchez del Río Beatified 20 November 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI On 15 November 2005, Pope Benedict XVI issued an Apostolic Letter declaring the following individuals "blessed" and establishing their memorial feast on 20 November. November 20 is the official anniversary in the Mexican civil calendar of the start of the Mexican Revolution, with the promulgation of the Plan of San Luis Potosí in 1910 by Francisco Madero. Anacleto González Flores José Dionisio Luis Padilla Gómez Jorge Ramon Vargas González Ramón Vicente Vargas González José Luciano Ezequiel Huerta Gutiérrez Salvador Huerta Gutiérrez Miguel Gómez Loza Luis Magaña Servín Jose Trinidad Rangel Montano Andreas Sola y Molist C.F.M. Leonardo Perez Larios Darío Acosta Zurita Canonized 21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (1869–1927) Román Adame Rosales (1859–1928) Rodrigo Aguilar Alemán (1875–1927) Julio Álvarez Mendoza (1866–1927) Luis Batis Sáinz (1870–1926) Agustín Caloca Cortés (1898–1927) Mateo Correa Magallanes (1866–1927) Atilano Cruz Alvarado (1901–1928) Miguel De La Mora (1874–1927) Pedro Esqueda Ramirez (1897–1927) Margarito Flores García (1899–1927) José Isabel Flores Varela (1866–1927) David Galván Bermudes (1882–1915) Salvador Lara Puente (1905–1926) Pedro de Jesús Maldonado (1892–1937) Jesús Méndez Montoya (1880–1928) Manuel Moralez (1898–1926) Justino Orona Madrigal (1877–1928) Sabas Reyes Salazar (1879–1927) José María Robles Hurtado (1888–1927) David Roldán Lara (1907–1926) Toribio Romo González (1900–1928) Jenaro Sánchez Delgadillo (1886–1927) Tranquilino Ubiarco Robles (1899–1928) David Uribe Velasco (1888–1927) These saints were also canonized on 21 May 2000 but were not martyred in the Cristero War: José Maria de Yermo y Parres (1851–1904) María Natividad Venegas de la Torre (1868–1959) Beatified 25 September 1988 by Pope John Paul II Miguel Pro Beatified 12 October 1997 by Pope John Paul II Mateo Elías Nieves Castillo Luis Bátiz Sainz Luis Bátiz Sainz was born on September 13, 1870. He attended a minor seminary from age 12, and was ordained on January 1, 1894. He worked as spiritual director of the seminary