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Memorial

• 29 July

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A group of Dominican priests and friars who were martyred over the course of a day in the same town by the same group of anti–Christian forces in the Spanish Civil War.

• Antonio Manuel López Couceiro
• Felicísimo Díez González
• Gumersindo Soto Barros
• Lamberto María de Navascués de Juan
• Lucio Martínez Mancebo
• Matías Manuel Albert Ginés
• Saturio Rey Robles
• Tirso Manrique Melero

Died

• 29 July 1936 in Calanda, Teruel, Spain

Venerated

• 20 December 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Martyrs of Calanda“. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 September 2017. Web. 30 April 2024. <>