CAUSA CYRILLUS BERTRAN et VII SOCII necnon INNOCENTIUS AB IMMACOLATA

The Cause includes 8 Brothers of the Christian Schools and 1 Passionist religious.

The Brothers of this school were the first victims, massacred in Turón, a mining village in Asturias in 1934, together with their chaplain, in front of the school that was also attended by the children of some of their executioners. It was the beginning of the hurricane that would be unleashed twenty months later across the nation. These Brothers died young, fearless in the face of death, confident that in death they would find life, eternal life.

They are the Brothers:

Saint Cirilo Bertrán (José Sanz Tejedor, Community Director), 46  years old
Bron in  Lerma (Burgos), Spain, March 20, 1888
Entered the novitiate on October 23, 1906

Saint Marciano José (Filomeno López y López), 34 years old
Born in El Pedregal (Guadalajara), Spain, November 15, 1900
Entered the novitiate on September 20, 1916

Saint Julián Alfredo (Vilfrido Fernández Zapico), 32 years old
Born in Cifuentes de Rueda (León), Spain, December 24, 1903
Entered the novitiate on February 4, 1926

Saint Victoriano Pío (Claudio Bernabé Cano), 29 years old
Born in San Millan de Lora (Borgos), Spain, July 7, 1905
Entered the novitiate on August 30, 1921

Saint Benjamín Julián (Vicente Alonso Andrés), 26 years old
Born in Jamarillo de la Fuente (Burgos), Spain, October 27, 1908
Entered the novitiate on August 29, 1924

Saint Augusto Andrés (Román Martín Fernández), 24 years old
Born in Santander, Spain, May 6, 1910
Entered the novitiate on February 3, 1926

Saint Benito de Jesús (Héctor Valdivieso Sáez), 24 years old
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 31, 1910
Entered the novitiate on August 7, 1926

Saint Anicet Adolfo (Manuel Seco Gutiérrez), 22 years old
Born in Celada Marlantes (Santander), Spain, October 4, 1912
Entered the novitiate on September 6, 1928

Saint Inocencio de la Immaculada,CP (Manuel Canoure Arnau), 47 years old
Born in Cecilia del Valle de Oro (Lugo), Spain, March 10, 1887
Ordained on  September 20, 1920

Brothers Thomas Johnson and Rodolfo Meoli present a relic of Saint Hector Valdivieso (First Argentinean Saint) to His Holiness Pope Francis.