September 4th

Blessed Joseph Pascual Carda Saporta

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Oropesa del Mar, Spain · d. 1936

In the town of Oropesa near Castellón on the coast of Spain, Blessed Joseph Pascual Carda Saporta, priest of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests and martyr, who, while the persecution against the Church was raging, was dragged to a glorious martyrdom in hatred of religion.

Latin Original

In urbe Oropesa apud Castáliam ad litus Hispániz, beáti Ioséphi Paschális Carda Saporta, presbyteri e Sodalitáte sacerdótum operariórum diocecesanórum et mártyris, qui, persecutióne erga Ecclésiam seviénte, in ódium religiónis ad gloriósum martyrium tractus est.