Blessed Juan Agustín Codera Marqués
Profile
Baptized at the age of 1 day. Member of the Salesians of Don Bosco, taking his vows on 24 July 1919 in Carabanchel Alto, Madrid, Spain. Worked as a nurse. Arrested several times in the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War, he was finally grabbed while on his way to visit the sick and murdered. Martyr.
Born
- shot on 25 September 1936 in Madrid, Spain
- 26 June 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Juan Agustín Codera Marqués“. CatholicSaints.Info. 21 September 2015. Web. 31 May 2020. <>