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Blessed Brothers Martyrs of Almeria<\/h2><\/div>

\"\"CAUSA DIDACUS VENTAJA MILAN\u2026et SOCII<\/p>\n

The Cause includes 2 bishops (Didacus Ventaja Mil\u00e1n and Emmanuel Medina Olmos) and 7 Brothers of the Christian Schools.<\/p>\n

In 1936 the city of Almer\u00eda had 19 Brothers of the Christian Schools: 15 were working at San Jos\u00e9 College and 4 at Las Chocillas School.<\/p>\n

Seven were chosen by God to be glorified with the palm of martyrdom. They died in two different circumstances and on different dates in the year 1936, but in the same way: they were transported in a truck to the Tabernas area, in the place called \u201cVenta de los Yesos\u201d, where there were dry and abandoned wells.<\/p>\n

These were the Brothers:<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Brother Edmigio<\/strong>\u00a0(Isidoro Primo Rodr\u00edguez Gonz\u00e1lez) 55 years old
\nBorn at Adalia, Spain April 4, 1881
\nEntered the novitiate October 8, 1898<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Brother Amalio<\/strong>\u00a0(Justo Zariquiegui Mendoza) 50 years old
\nBorn at Salinas de Oro, Spain August 6, 1886
\nEntered the novitiate September 13, 1902<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Brother Valerio Bernardo<\/strong>\u00a0(Marciano Herrero Mart\u00ednez) 27 years old
\nBorn at Porquera, Spain July 11, 1909
\nEntered the novitiate February 1, 1926<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Brother Teodomiro Joaqu\u00edn<\/strong>\u00a0(Adri\u00e1n S\u00e1iz S\u00e1iz) 29 years old
\nBorn at Puentedey, Spain September 8, 1907
\nEntered the novitiate August 15, 1923<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Brother Evencio Ricardo<\/strong>\u00a0(Eusebio Alonso Uyarra) 29 years old
\nBorn at Viloria, Spain March 5, 1907
\nEntered the novitiate February 2, 1923<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Brother Aurelio Mar\u00eda\u00a0<\/strong>(Bienvenido Villal\u00f3n Acebr\u00f3n) 46 years old
\nBorn at Zafra de Z\u00e1ncara, Spain March 22, 1890
\nEntered the novitiate August 22, 1906<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Brother Jos\u00e9 Cecilio<\/strong>\u00a0(Bonifacio Rodr\u00edguez Gonz\u00e1lez) 51 years old
\nBorn 14 May 1885, in La Molina de Ubierna, Spain<\/p>\n<\/div>

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