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September 26
Blessed Aurelio of Vinalesa and Companions
Priest
Aurelio heads a group of 11 friars and five Capuchin nuns who were killed in various places within the Archdiocese of Valencia. After being expelled from their friaries, the religious sought refuge primarily with their relatives, hoping that there they would find some measure of security and even be protected by the people of their hometowns. Nonetheless, many of them met martyrdom at the hands of local revolutionary committees or through the connivance of the local people of the towns.
The Capuchin friars are proud to have such courageous men and women as a part of our story. They lived as they died: totally devoted to the Lord Jesus and totally dedicated to one another.
God our Father, you made your holy martyrs outstanding defenders of the Catholic Faith. Through their prayers grant that all nations may be united in the one true faith. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.