Blessed Martyrs of Santander

On Saturday 7 November, the ceremony for the beatification of the Servants of God Francisco González de Córdova and 79 companions – priests, religious, seminarians and lay faithful, who were killed between 1936 and 1937 in hatred of the faith within the territory of the Diocese of Santander (Spain), in the context of that same persecution; Among this group of martyrs from the Iberian Peninsula are three Discalced Carmelite religious: Athanasius of the Sacred Heart (Gregorio Aguinagalde Aguirreche), a professed priest; Rupert of the Cross (Ruperto Andueza Larraya), a professed religious; and Maximin of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Maximino Sáez Martínez), a novice religious.