September 16th

Blessed Ignatius Casanovas

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

At the town of Òdena in the region of Barcelona in Spain, Blessed Ignatius Casanovas, priest of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools and martyr, killed for Christ amid the storms of persecution.

Latin Original

Apud óppidum Odenza in pago Barcinonénsi in Hispánia, beáti Ignátii Casanovas, presbyteri ex Ordine Clericórum Regulárium Scholárum Piárum et mártyris, pro Christo in persecutiónis tempestátibus interfécti.