Martyred in the Spanish Civil War
Thousands of people were murdered in the anti-Catholic persecutions of the Spanish Civil War from 1934 to 1939. I have pages on each of them, but in most cases I have only found very minimal information. They are available on the CatholicSaints.Info site through these links:
• Blessed Francisco José Marín López de Arroyave
• Blessed Justo Juanes Santos
• Blessed María de la Salud Baldoví Trull
• Blessed Valentín Gil Arribas
Martyrs of Constantinople
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A group of ten Catholic Christians who tried to defend an image of Jesus over the Brazen Gate of Constantinople from an attack by Iconoclasts during the persecutions of emperor Leo the Isaurian. The group of was seized by soldiers, condemned by judges for opposing the emperor, and martyred. The only details that have survived are three of their names - Julian, Marcian and Maria.
Died
730 at Constantinople (modern Istanbul, Turkey)
Saint Sopatra
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Seventh-century nun. May have been the daughter of Emperor Maurice of Constantinople.
Saint Eustolia
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Seventh-century nun. May have been the daughter of Emperor Maurice of Constantinople.
Saint Alexander of Salonica
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Martyred in the persecutions of Maximian Herculeus.
Died
martyred in the 4th century in Salonica, Greece
Blessed Helen of Hungary
Also known as
Ilona of Hungary
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Dominican nun in Veszprem, Hungary. Novice mistress to Saint Margaret of Hungary. Prioress. Reputed stigmatist. Given to ecstasies, and lilies of light grew from her hands during prayers.
Died
• c.1270 of natural causes
• her body was reported to glow at the time of her death
Saint Pabo
Also known as
• Pabo Post-Prydain
• the Prop of North Britain
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Son of a fifth century Pictish chieftain. Soldier and warlord in the area of modern Scotland who gave up his sword to become a monk in Wales. Founded a monastery on Anglesy Island; it was later known as Llanbabon, based on a variation of his name.
Born
5th century Scotland
Died
510 of natural causes
Blessed Henryk Hlebowicz
Additional Memorial
12 June as one of the 108 Martyrs of World War II
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Priest in the diocese of Wloclawek, Poland. Martyr.
Born
1 June 1904 in Grodno, Hrodzyenskaya voblasts', Belarus
Died
shot on 9 November 1941 in Borisov (Borysów), Minskaya voblasts', Belarus
Beatified
13 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II
Saint Vitonus of Verdun
Also known as
Vanne, Vaune, Vitone
Additional Memorial
12 October (diocese of Verdun)
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Became a monk as a young man. Bishop of Verdun, France c.500. Converted all the residents in his diocese, wiping out paganism in the area. Founded a college for priests. Known as a miracle worker. A great Benedictine abbey in Lorraine, France was later named for him.
Died
525 of natural causes
Patronage
Verdun, France
Saint Agrippinus of Naples
Also known as
Agrippino, Arpinus
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Bishop of Naples, Italy.
Died
• c.300 of natural causes
• interred in the catacombs of San Gennaro in Naples, Italy
• relics re-discovered by Cardinal Spinelli in 1774
• relics in the cathedral in Naples
Patronage
Arzano, Italy
Blessed Anastasio Garzón González
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Member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, taking his vows on 15 August 1929. Studied mechanics and religious formation in Italy. Supervised a mechanics laboratory in the college of Madrid, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
7 September 1908 in Madrigal de las Altas Torres, ávila, Spain
Died
9 November 1936 in Paracuellos de Jarama, Madrid, Spain
Beatified
28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Saint Aurelius of Riditio
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When Saint Dionysius of Milan was driven from his diocese by Arians, he fled to Armenia where he was befriended by Aurelius. When Dionysius died, Aurelius took his remains back to Milan where he remained as a friend to Saint Ambrose of Milan. Bishop of Riditio in Armenia.
Born
c.400 in Milan, Italy
Died
• c.475 in Milan, Italy of natural causes
• relics taken to Hirsau, Germany in 830
Patronage
• against diseases of the head
• against head injury
• against headaches
• Hirsau, Germany
Representation
touching the head of a kneeling man
Saint Benignus of Armagh
Also known as
• Benignus of Ireland
• Benen of...
Additional Memorial
27 June (translation of relics)
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Son of the Irish chieftain Sesenen in County Meath. Baptized by and a disciple of Saint Patrick, accompanying him in his travels and missions. Noted choral singer and arranger for liturgical music, he was called Patrick's psalm-singer. Evangelized the provinces of Clare, Kerry, and Connaught. Abbot of Drumlease for twenty years. Assisted in compiling the Senchus Mor, the Irish Code of Laws. Present at the synod which recognized the See of the Apostle Peter (Rome, Italy) as the final court of appeal in difficult cases. Succeeded Saint Patrick as bishop of Ireland.
Died
467 of natural causes
Blessed Gratia of Cattaro
Also known as
• Gratia of Kotor
• Gracija, Grazia
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Son of a poor fisherman. Adriatic fisherman and farmer in his youth. Sailor. In 1468, while on a trip to Venice, Italy he heard a sermon by Blessed Simon of Camerino; he was so moved that he gave up his worldly life and became an Augustinian lay brother at the monastery of Monte Ortono near Padua, Italy. He worked in the garden, monastery and sacristy. After 15 years he was transferred to the monastery of San Cristoforo on Murano off the shore of Venice; he lived there the rest of his life. Famous for his gift of infused knowledge, that is, knowing things that there was no reason to suspect he had learned. A light was said to shine over is cell, and he was known as a miracle worker. Had a special devotion to the Eucharist and spent his spare time in adoration.
Born
27 October 1438 at Mul, Cattaro, Dalmatia (modern Kotor, Montenegro)
Died
• 9 November 1508 in Murano, Italy of natural causes
• relics returned to Mul, Montenegro in the 19th century
Beatified
6 June 1889 by Pope Leo XIII (cultus confirmed)
Blessed George Napper
Also known as
George Napier
Additional Memorial
• 29 October as one of the Martyrs of Douai
• 1 December as one of the Martyrs of Oxford University
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Son of George and Anne Napper; his father taught at All Souls College. Great-nephew of William Cardinal Peto. Educated at Corpus Christi College in Oxford; seminarian at the English College, Douai, France. Ordained in 1596, he returned to England to minister to the covert Catholics in Oxfordshire, England beginning in 1603. He travelled the countryside on foot, and apparently lived with his brother William who put himself in great danger by hiding him. He was betrayed and arrested on 19 July 1610 when he was found carrying a breviary, holy oils, a reliquary, and a pyx containing two consecrated Hosts; when he was later searched, the reliquary and pyx had disappeared. George was sent to Oxford Castle where he was convicted of the crime of priesthood. While in prison, he ministered to fellow prisoners; this was considered an additional crime. He was offered a commutation of his sentence from death to exile if he would sign an oath of allegiance against the pope; he declined. Martyr.
Born
1550 at Holywell Manor, Oxford, England
Died
• hanged, drawn, and quartered between 1 and 2 in the afternoon of 9 November 1610 at Oxford, England
• body parts hung on the city gates as warnings to other Catholics
• some parts recovered and given burial at Sanford manor
Beatified
15 December 1929 by Pope Pius XI
