Nine Martyrs of Astoria

Also known as

• Martyrs of Turon

Memorial

• 9 October

Profile

A group of Brothers of the Christian Schools and a Passionist priest martyred in the persecutions during the Spanish Civil War. The are

• Aniceto Adolfo
• Augusto Andrés
• Benito de Jesús
• Benjamín Julián
• Cirilo Bertrán
• Inocencio de la Immaculada
• Julián Alfredo
• Marciano José
• Victoriano Pío

Died

• martyred on 9 October 1934 in Turón, Spain

Venerated

• 7 September 1989 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 29 April 1990 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• 21 November 1999 by Pope John Paul II

Additional Information

• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints
• Vatican

MLA Citation

• “Nine Martyrs of Astoria”. Saints.SQPN.com. 10 August 2010. Web. 24 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/nine-martyrs-of-astoria/>