Blessed Brothers Martyrs of Tarragona
CAUSA EMMANUEL BORRAS FERRE et CXLVI SOCII
The Cause includes 147 « premused Martyrs » : 1 bishop, 66 priests, 2 seminarians, 39 Brothers of the Christian Schools, 7 Carmelite Fathers, 7 Claretian Fathers, 1 Capuccin, 4 terziari Carmelite terziaries and 20 Monjes of Montserrat.
It was the last diocesan process in which Brothers of the Christian Schools were inserted. The diocesan phase began on April 28, 1952 and ended on July 2, 1959. In the 354 sessions, 984 witnesses were questioned. The Positio is made up of 4 volumes for a total of 3450 pages. The Brothers grouped in the canonical process celebrated in Tarragona belonged to different schools not only in the city but also in the surrounding area and were martyred in different circumstances and on different days. When the persecution became fierce and it was no longer possible to live safely in schools, the Brothers were forced to take refuge where they saw fit. The danger that they would be recognized and reported to the Comités was always lurking. In fact, this happened to 6 Brothers who had taken refuge in the Hotel Nacional in Tarragona: they were discovered and murdered together with the owner of the hotel that had hosted them and not reported. Even more pitiful fate fell to 2 other Brothers of the Cambrils community, one sick and the other a nurse: they were loaded into a car and taken out of the town. Arriving in a lonely place, they ordered a new member of the Revolutionary Committee to proceed to kill them. He had been employed in the house of the Brothers, he knew the two well and refused. At threats of being shot himself together with the two, he trembled the order, amid the laughter and curses of those present.
Many other Brothers, rounded up here and there, were massed, together with priests, other religious and lay Catholics, on the old boat “Rio Segre”, from which, in small groups, they were sent to be shot, which generally took place far from inappropriate witnesses. Here are the names of the 39 Brothers:
Br. Agapito Modesto
(Modesto Pamplona Falguera) 29 years
Br. Alberto Joaquín
(Alberto Linares de La Pinta) 23 years
Br. Alejandro Antonio
(Alejandro Arraya Caballero) 28 years
Br. Alejandro Juan
(Fermin Gellida Cornelles) 47 years
Br. Alfeo Bernabé
(Bernabé Nuñes Alonso) 34 years
Br. Anastasio Lucas
(Lucas Martín Puente) 28 years
Br. Andrés Sergio
(Andrés Pradaz Lahoz) 28 years
Br. Angel Amado
(Aejandro Pérez Fierro) 31 years
Br. Anselmo Félix
(Modesto Godo Buscató) 57 years
Br. Antonio Gil
(Alejandro Gil Monforte) 33 years
Br. Arístides Marcos
(Pedro Cano Cebrián) 30 years
Br. Arnoldo Cirilo
(Juan Font Taulat) 46 years
Br. Augusto María
(Miguel Arsenio Merino) 41 years
Br. Benildo José
(Francisco Casademunt Ribas) 64 years
Br. Benito Juan
(Juan Bautista Urgell Coma) 30 years
Br. Buenaventura Pío
(Pío Ruiz De La Torre) 27 years
Br. Claudio José
(Manuel Mateo Calvo) 27 years
Br. Clemente Adolfo
(Juan Clemente Vea Balaguer) 38 years
Br. Clemente Faustino
(Germán José Fernández Sáenz) 21 years
Br. Daniel Antonino
(Nicolas Rueda Barriocanal) 42 years
Br. Eladio Vicente
(Cesáreo España Ortiz) 50 years
Br. Elías Paulino
(Javier Pradas Vidal) 40 years
Br. ElmoMiguel
(Pedro Sistema Torrent) 68 years
Br. Exuperio Alberto
(Miguel Alberto Flos) 55 years
Br. Fausto Luis
(José María Tolaguera Oliva) 32 years
Br. Félix Adriano
(Francisco Vicente Edo) 33 years
Br. Fulberto Jaime
(Jaime Jardí Vernet) 35 years
Br. Gilberto de Jesús
(José Boschdemont Mitjavila) 56 years
Br. Honorio Sebastián
(Sebastián Obeso Alario) 25 years
Br. Hugo Bernabé
(Francisco Trullén Gilisbart) 41 years
Br. Jacinto Jorge
(José Comprubí Corrubí) 48 years
Br. Jenaro
(Mariano Navarro Blasco) 32 years
Br. Justino Gabriel
(Gabriel Albiol Plou) 26 years
Br. Leoncio Joaquín
(Joaquin Pallerola Feu) 44 years
Br. Luis Alberto
(Ildefonso Alberto Flos) 56 years
Br. Magín Pedro
(Francisco Javier Salla Saltó) 20 years
Br. Marciano Pascual
(Pascual Escuín Ferrer) 29 years
Br. Nicolás Adriano
(Juan Pérez Rodrigo) 22 years
Br. Rafael José
(Patricio Gellida Llorach) 65 years