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Angel Fuertes

BlessedSpainBenedictines

Feast: 28 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1889
Died
1938
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

The 522 Spanish Martyrs were victims of the Spanish Civil War beatified by the Roman Catholic Church on 13 October 2013 by order of Pope Francis. It was one of the largest number of persons ever beatified in a single ceremony in the Church's 2000-year history. They originated from all parts of Spain. Their ages ranged from 18 to 86 years old.

Summary of the Wikipedia article 522 Spanish Martyrs, which covers Angel Fuertes with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.

The miracles

Limited information is available on this saint so far.

Why that counted as sanctity

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The cause

The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.

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Sources
  • Martires en Espana - Angel Fuertes Boira — Benedictine of El Pueyo (Barbastro), born Zaragoza 1 August 1889, killed at Barbastro 28 August 1936 (the date our record gives as his feast) and beatified at Tarragona 13 October 2013; the Spanish Bishops' Conference li
  • Wikidata Q30016937 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

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