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<\/a>\u201cEl Pel\u00e9\u201d dedic\u00f3 los mejores a\u00f1os de su vida a la profesi\u00f3n de experto comerciante de caballos, comprando y vendiendo caballos en las ferias regionales. Alcanz\u00f3 una buena posici\u00f3n social y econ\u00f3mica, siempre disponible para quienes lo necesitaban. Fue acusado injustamente de robo y encarcelado, aunque posteriormente fue declarado inocente. Su abogado defensor declar\u00f3: \u201cPel\u00e9 no es un ladr\u00f3n; es San Ceferino, patr\u00f3n de los gitanos\u201d. Extremadamente honesto, nunca enga\u00f1\u00f3 a nadie en sus tratos. Debido a su reconocida prudencia y sabidur\u00eda, tanto gitanos como payos lo buscaban para resolver los conflictos que a veces surg\u00edan entre ellos. Piadoso y caritativo, ayudaba a todos con su limosna. Era un modelo de devoci\u00f3n religiosa: asist\u00eda a misa a diario, comulgaba con frecuencia y rezaba el Santo Rosario a diario. Aunque era analfabeto, trab\u00f3 amistad con personas cultas y se hizo miembro de varias asociaciones religiosas, como los Jueves Eucar\u00edsticos, la Adoraci\u00f3n Nocturna y las Conferencias de San Vicente de Pa\u00fal.<\/p>\nEn 1926 ingres\u00f3 en la Tercera Orden Franciscana. Disfrutaba catequizando a ni\u00f1os, cont\u00e1ndoles pasajes b\u00edblicos, ense\u00f1\u00e1ndoles oraciones y fomentando el respeto por la naturaleza.<\/p>\n
Al comienzo de la Guerra Civil Espa\u00f1ola, a finales de julio de 1936, fue arrestado por defender a un sacerdote que era arrastrado por las calles de Barbastro y por llevar un rosario en el bolsillo. Le ofrecieron la libertad si aceptaba dejar de rezar el rosario, pero opt\u00f3 por permanecer en prisi\u00f3n y afrontar el martirio. En la madrugada del 8 de agosto de 1936, fue fusilado junto a las tapias del cementerio de Barbastro. Muri\u00f3 con el rosario en la mano, gritando su fe: “\u00a1Viva Cristo Rey!”.<\/p>\n
Ceferino Gim\u00e9nez Malla fue beatificado por Juan Pablo II en 1997.
\nFestividad \u2013 2 de agosto.<\/p>\n
Fuentes: Hijo de padres gitanos espa\u00f1oles, Ceferino Gim\u00e9nez Malla, conocido popularmente como \u201cEl Pel\u00e9\u201d, naci\u00f3 en Espa\u00f1a en 1861; nadie sabe con exactitud d\u00f3nde ni cu\u00e1ndo. Ceferino, al igual que su familia, era gitano y vivi\u00f3 seg\u00fan las tradiciones y leyes gitanas, tanto durante su crianza como a lo largo de su vida. 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