Blessed Alfredo Pellicer Muñoz
- 8 September
- 4 October on some calenders
- 22 September as one of the Spanish Civil War
Profile
Franciscan Friar Minor, making his solemn profession on 5 July 1936, just days before the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. He had been studying theolgy; his family urged him to give it up and become a teacher, in hopes of avoiding the persecutions of the anti–Catholic Republican forces. He refused and was soon arrested, told to deny God, and then killed when he refused to do so. Martyr.
Born
- shot by firing squad at approximately 3pm on Sunday 8 September 1936 in Castellón, Spain
- buried in the nearby cemetery of Gandia, Spain
- re-buried in Bellreguard, Valencia, Spain on 3 June 1939
- relics enshrined in the parish church of Bellreguard just prior to his beatification
- 20 December 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Alfredo Pellicer Muñoz“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 August 2015. Web. 21 April 2018. <>