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Also known as

• Anselmo Simón-Colomina

Memorial

• 29 November
• 2 September (Jesuits)

Profile

Jesuit priest. Dean and then rector of the Colegio de San José in Valencia, Spain. Rector in Sarriá, Spain in 1916, and then re-assigned to Valencia. Imprisoned several times and eventually martyred in the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 8 March 1877 in Valencia, Spain

Died

• 29 November 1936 in Picadero de Paterna, Valencia, Spain

Venerated

• 20 December 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Alfredo Simón-Colomina“. CatholicSaints.Info. 4 July 2018. Web. 22 January 2020. <>