Born August 15, 1917, St. Óscar Romero was the Salvadoran Roman Catholic archbishop assassinated on March 24, 1980 while celebrating Mass. He was declared a martyr of the church and then beatified in 2015. He was canonized in 2018. In 2010, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed March 24th as the "International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims." https://www.un.org/en/observances/right-to-truth-day
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