Felipe de Jesús Munárriz and 50 companions
Felipe de Jesús Munárriz and his 50 companions were Spanish Claretian missionaries martyred in August 1936 in Barbastro …
Place
Cartagena
CO
Today: Cartagena de Indias
6 saints associated
Saint Florentina (Florence)
Sister of the great Spanish doctors Leander, Fulgentius, and Isidore, Florentina dedicated herself to God from her youth…
Paula de Jesús Gil Cano
Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, she dedicated her life to orphans and the sick in Spai…
Blessed Peter Claver
A 17th-century Spanish Jesuit, Peter Claver dedicated his life to the salvation of African slaves in Cartagena. Defining…
Salvador Valera Parra
A Spanish priest from Almería nicknamed the "Cura Valera," he was distinguished by his heroic charity toward cholera pat…
Vicenç Queralt Lloret and 20 companions (21)
Vicenç Queralt Lloret and his 20 companions, members of the Vincentian Family, were martyred in Spain in hatred of the f…