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• 1 September

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One priest and eleven brothers, all members of the Hospitallers of Saint John of God who worked together and were murdered together in the Spanish Civil War.

• Alejandro Cobos Celada
• Antonio Villanueva Igual
• Crescencio Lasheras Aizcorbe
• Enrique López y López
• Guillermo Rubio Alonso
• Isidro Gil Arano
• Joaquín Ruiz Cascales
• José Franco Gómez
• Mariano Niño Pérez
• Miquel Roca Huguet
• Nicolás Aramendía García
• Simó Isidre Joaquím Brun Ararà

Died

• shot on 1 September 1936 near Boadillo del Monte, Madrid, Spain

Venerated

• 14 May 1991 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Martyred Hospitallers of Saint John of God“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 September 2017. Web. 7 December 2019. <>