Saint Marciano José

Also known as

• Filomeno López y López

Memorial

• 9 October

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Member of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, entering the novitate on 20 September 1916. One of the Martyrs of Turón killed in the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 15 November 1900 in El Pedregal, Guadalajara, Spain as Filomeno López y López

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

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

MLA Citation

• “Saint Marciano José”. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 March 2012. Web. 26 May 2013. <http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-marciano-jose/>