Sep 01

Blessed Cristino Roca Huguet and companions

September 1st XX century

Name
Cristino (Masculino)
Other saints
Other saints named Cristino
Secular name
Miguel Roca Huguet
Born
January 6th 1899 en Molins de Rey, Barcelona, in current Spain
Dead
September 1st 1936 in Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, in current Spain
Celebration
September 1st
Religious
de la Orden Hospitalaria de San Juan de Dios
In Madrid, Spain, blessed Cristino (Miguel) Roca Huguet, presbyter, and eleven companions, martyrs, of the order of Saint John of God, shot during the war by hatred of religion. Their names are: Blessed Proceso (Joaquin) Ruiz Cascales, Euthymius (Nicolas) Aramendía García, Canuto (Jose) Franco Gómez, César (William) Rubio Alonso, Cesario (Mariano) Nino Perez, Benjamin (Alexander) Cobos Celada, Carmelo (Isidoro) Gil Arano, Cosme (Simon) Brun Arara, Cecilio (Enrique) López López, Rufino (Crescencio) Lasheras Aizcorbe and Faustino (Antonio) Villanueva as, religious. Roman martyrology