Fernando Olmedo Reguera

[1] Fernando Olmedo Reguera was born in Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña.

Following his calling to the faith, he joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin, being ordained a priest on 31 July 1904.

At the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, Reguera was serving as the order's provincial secretary, but like many others, he was forced to go into hiding.

In prison, he was subjected to numerous beatings, in spite of which he refused to break the seal of the confessional.

On 27 March 2013, Fernando Olmedo Reguera was beatified as a martyr by Pope Francis in Tarragona.