522 Spanish Martyrs

[1] The Liturgy was presided in the pope's name by Cardinal Angelo Amato in Complex Educatiu, Tarragona, Spain.

[1] One-third of those beatified served in the Diocese of Tarragona, that is, one hundred forty-seven martyrs, including auxiliary bishop, Manuel Borrás and sixty-six diocesan priests.

L’Osservatore Romano noted that some martyrs were killed in Asturia in 1934, two years before the Spanish Civil War began.

[3] The youngest was Jose Sanchez Rodriguez, a Carmelite novice, who was 18 years of age when he was killed against the wall of a cemetery in Madrid at dawn on August 18, 1936.

[1][4] The 522 martyrs were advanced in 33 separate causes : Bishops Diocesan Clergy Seminarians Roman Catholic Laity Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy (Mercedarians) Servants of Mary, Ministers of the Sick Order of Preachers (Dominicans) Order of Saint Jerome (Hieronymites) Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul Congregation of the Mission (Vincentians) Franciscan Friars Minor Calasanzian Institute, Daughters of the Divine Shepherdess Franciscan Missionaries of the Mother of the Divine Shepherd Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary (Picpus) Order of the Most Holy Trinity (Trinitarians) Minim Nuns Sons of Divine Providence Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) Carmelites of the Ancient Observance Discalced Carmelites Carmelite Tertiaries of Education Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Brothers) Congregation of Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Claretians) Sons of the Holy Family Order of Saint Benedict (Benedictines) Diocesan Laborer Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God Order of Friors Minor Capuchin (Capuchin Franciscans) Marist Brothers of the Schools