{"id":79282,"date":"2021-07-19T08:50:53","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T07:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/?page_id=79282"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:41:22","slug":"blessed-brothers-martyrs-of-madrid-grinon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lasalle.org\/en\/lasallian-holiness\/blessed-brothers-martyrs-of-madrid-grinon\/","title":{"rendered":"Blessed Brothers Martyrs of Madrid \u2013 Gri\u00f1\u00f3n"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blessed Brothers Martyrs of Madrid \u2013 Gri\u00f1\u00f3n<\/h2><\/div>

CAUSA Aloisius Orentius Sola Garriga et xxi Socii, necnon Antonius Matheus Salamero<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Cause concerns 23 \u201cpresumed martyrs\u201d: 21 Brothers of the Christian Schools<\/strong>, 1 Capucin and 1 layman.<\/em><\/p>\n

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In Gri\u00f1\u00f3n<\/strong>, a town a few kilometres from Madrid, the Brothers have always had their formation house comprising an Aspirantate, a Novitiate and a Scholasticate. In addition to these groups there was also a pavilion reserved for Brothers who were elderly or infirm.<\/p>\n

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When, on 28th July 1936, the house was attacked by a large group from the F.A.I. (Federacion Anarquista Iberica) and the C.G.T. (Confederacion General de Trabajadores), only about ten religious remained, the others having managed to make their way to Madrid before the arrival of the scoundrels.<\/p>\n

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They ordered those present to gather in front of the chapel, and while they were doing so, a group of militiamen entered the chapel and began to destroy images, furniture and sacred objects. An employee of the house, Jos\u00e9 Gorastazu, a very pious and generous man, reprimanded them for what they were doing.\u00a0 They responded with bullets, killing the brave employee on the spot.<\/p>\n

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Brother Angel Gregorio, who was a nurse-man, when they searched the infirmary they mistook him for a hospital employee treating the sick. But when he realised that they were going to kill his brothers, he told them: “I am also a religious”. They ordered him to stand in the group in front of the chapel. Without further explanation, the leader of the group commanded a platoon to shoot. The Brothers fell in a heap, pierced by bullets.<\/p>\n

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Once the massacre was over, they got back into the trucks in which they had arrived. The bodies remained in the place where they had been killed. The people of Gri\u00f1\u00f3n were dismayed to learn what had happened. A group of people from the village, together with the judge who carried out the identification, dug a grave and buried them on the same property, with their heads turned towards the chapel. Their names are:<\/p>\n<\/div>

Orencio Luis
<\/strong>(Antonio Sol\u00e1 Garriga) 38 a\u00f1os<\/p>\n

Br. Adelberto Ju\u00e1n<\/strong>
(Vicente Angulo Garc\u00eda) 32 years old<\/p>\n

Br. Alejo Andr\u00e9s<\/strong>
(Patricio Beobide Cendoya) 47 a\u00f1os<\/p>\n

Br. Angel Gregorio<\/strong>
(Germ\u00e1n Arribas Arribas) 41 a\u00f1os<\/p>\n

Br. Aquilino Javier<\/strong>
(Celestino Ruiz Alegre) 34 years old<\/p>\n

Br. Arturo Joaqu\u00edn<\/strong>
(Joaqu\u00edn Oliveras Pujalras) 61 years old<\/p>\n

Br. Benjamin Le\u00f3n<\/strong>
(Graciliano Ortega Narganes) 31 years old<\/p>\n

Br. Cris\u00f3stomo Albino<\/strong>
(L\u00e1zaro Ruiz Peral) 27 years old<\/p>\n

Br. Daciano<\/strong>
(Juan Antonio De Bengor y Larri\u00f1aga) 54 years old<\/p>\n

Br. Floriano F\u00e9lix<\/strong>
(Emiliano Santamar\u00eda Angulo) 37 years old<\/p>\n

Br. Ismael Ricardo<\/strong>
(Mart\u00edn Arb\u00e9 Barr\u00f3n) 30 years old<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

Br. Javier Eliseo
<\/strong>(Evencio Castellano L\u00f3pez) 24 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Br. Jos\u00e9 Alfonso<\/strong>
(Maximino Serrano S\u00e1iz) 49 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Br. Ju\u00e1n Pablo<\/strong>
(Gregorio \u00c1lvarez Fern\u00e1ndez) 32 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Br. Mariano Pablo<\/strong>
(Teodoro P\u00e9rez G\u00f3mez) 23 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Br. Mario F\u00e9lix<\/strong>
(Manoel Jos\u00e9 de Sousa) 75 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Br. Pablo de la Cruz<\/strong>
(Saturnino Sanz Sanz) 57 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Br. Sinfronio<\/strong>
(Manuel Miguel S\u00e1nchez) 60 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Br. Sixto Andr\u00e9s<\/strong>
(Andr\u00e9s Merino B\u00e1scones) 61 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Rev. Antonio Mateo Salamero<\/strong>
(Chaplain) 72 years old\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Sig. Jos\u00e9 Gorostazu Labayen<\/strong>
(lay)\u00a0 29 years old\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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