August 9th

Blessed Germán Garrigues Hernández and Companions, Martyrs of Spain

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Carcaixent, Spain · d. 1936

At the village of Carcaixent in the district of Valencia, likewise in Spain, Blessed Germán (José María) Garrigues Hernández, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who, while the persecution against the faith was raging, by a precious death overcame the torments of the body, together with his companions.

Their names: Blessed Arturo (Luis) Ayala Niño, Juan Bautista (José) Velázquez Peláez, Eugenio (Alfonso Antonio) Ramírez Salazar, Esteban (Gabriel) Maya Gutiérrez, Melquíades (Raimundo) Ramírez Zuluaga, and Gaspar (Luis Modesto) Páez Perdomo.

Latin Original

In vico Carcaixent in pago Valentino item in Hispánia, beáti Germáni (Loséphi Maríz) Garrigues Hernández, presbyteri ex Ordine Fratrum Minórum Capuccinórum et mártyris, qui, persecutióne erga fidem furénte, pretiósa morte córporis torménta devícit. ?* Quorum nomina: beati Arthurus (Aloysius) Ayala Nifio, Ioannes Baptista (Iosephus) Velázquez Peláez, Eugenius (Alphonsus Antonius) Ramírez Salazar, Stephanus (Gabriel) Maya Gutiérrez, Melchiades (Raymundus) Ramirez Zuluaga, Gaspar (Aloysius Modestus) Páez Perdono.