Nine Martyrs of Astoria

Memorial

9 October

Profile

A group of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a Passionist priest martyred in the persecutions during the Spanish Civil War. The are

• Anicet Adolfo
• Augusto Andrés
• Benito de Jesús
• Benjamín Julián
• Cirilo Bertrán
• Inocencio de la Immaculada
• Julián Alfredo
• Marciano José
• Victoriano Pío

Died

martyred on 9 October 1934 in Turón, Spain

Beatified

29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

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Print References

Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
Our Sunday Visitor's Encyclopedia of Saints

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