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Also known as

• Carlos Jorge

Memorial

• 7 August

Profile

Began the Lasallian novitiate in Bujedo, Spain on 2 February 1925, taking the name Carlos Jorge. Taught at Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas College in Madrid, Spain until anti–Christian forces destroyed it by a fire in 1931. Taught at the Cuevas Community in Almeria, Spain. Taught at the Chamberi School in Madrid, Spain in 1932. Taught in Consuegra, Toledo, Spain. Arrested by anti–Christian militants on 21 July 1936 with the other Lasallian Brothers in his community during 9 o’clock Mass. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 22 November 1908 in Capillas, Palencia, Spain

Died

• over the night of 6 to 7 August 1936 in “Boca del Congosto”, Los Yébenes, Toledo, Spain

Venerated

• 28 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Dalmacio Bellota Pérez“. CatholicSaints.Info. 8 August 2016. Web. 22 January 2021. <>