Saint of the Day Quote: Saint Cirilo Bertran and Companions-Martyrs of Turon

Martyred by Leftist revolutionaries in Turon, Asurias on October 9, 1934 in a dress rehearsal of the Spanish Civil War:

  • Brother CIRILOBERTRAN director of the community of Turon. He was born JOSE SANZ TEJEDOR on March 20, 1888 at Lerma, in the province of Burgos.
  • Brother MARCIANOJOSE. He was born FILOMENO LOPEZ LOPEZ on November 17, 1900 at El Pedregal (Guadalajara).
  • Brother JULIANALFREDO. He was born VILFRIDO FERNANDEZ ZAPICO on December 24, 1903 at Cifuentes de Rueda (Leon).
  • Brother VICTORIANOPIO. He was born CLAUDIO BERNABE CANO on July 7, 1905 at San Milian de Lara (Burgos)
  • Brother BENJAMINJULIAN. He was born VICENTE ALONSO ANDRES on October 7, 1908 at Jaramillo de la Fuente (Burgos).
  • Brother BENITO DE JESUS. He was born HECTOR VALDIVIELSO on October 31, 1910 in Buenos Aires (Argentina)
  • Brother AUGUSTOANDRES. He was born ROMAN MARTINEZ FERNANDEZ on May 9, 1910 at Santander
  • Brother ANICETOADOLFO At just twenty years old, he was the young Brother of the community. He was born MANUEL SECO GUTIERREZ on October the 1912 at Celada Marlantes (Santander)
  • Father INOCENCIO DE LA INMACULADA. He was a Passionist Father who had come to hear the confessions. He was born MANUEL CANOURA ARNAU on March 10, 1887 at S. Cecilia del Valle de Oro, near the Cantabrian coast in the province of Lugo (Galicia).
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