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The 522 Spanish Martyrs were victims of the Spanish Civil War beatified by the Roman Catholic Church on 13 October 2013 by order of Pope Francis. It was one of the largest number of persons ever beatified in a single ceremony in the Church's 2000-year history. They originated from all parts of Spain. Their ages ranged from 18 to 86 years old. [1]
The Liturgy was presided in the pope's name by Cardinal Angelo Amato in Complex Educatiu, Tarragona, Spain. [1] One-third of those beatified served in the Diocese of Tarragona, that is, one hundred forty-seven martyrs, including auxiliary bishop, Manuel Borrás and sixty-six diocesan priests. [2]
The 522 martyrs include three bishops, 82 diocesan priests, three seminarians, 15 priests who belonged to the Brotherhood of Diocesan Priest Workers, 412 religious, and seven laity. They were from all parts of Spain, as well as Colombia, Cuba, the Philippines, and Portugal. The largest group (147) came from Tarragona. L’Osservatore Romano noted that some martyrs were killed in Asturia in 1934, two years before the Spanish Civil War began. [3] The youngest was Jose Sanchez Rodriguez, a Carmelite novice, who was 18 years of age when he was killed against the wall of a cemetery in Madrid at dawn on August 18, 1936. The oldest, Servite Sister Aurora Lopez Gonzalez, was executed aged 86. [1] [4]
The 522 martyrs were advanced in 33 separate causes :
Bishops
Diocesan Clergy
Seminarians
Roman Catholic Laity
Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians)
Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick
Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
Order of Saint Jerome (Hieronymites)
Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul
Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians)
Calasanzian Institute, Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess
Franciscan Missionaries of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd
Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus)
Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians)
Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists)
Carmelites of the Ancient Observance
Carmelite Tertiaries of Education
Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers)
Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Claretians)
Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines)
Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God
Order of Friors Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans)
Marist Brothers of the Schools