Contributor
Quesada, Antonio M. editor.
Edition Statement:First edition.
ImprintLiguori, MO : Liguori Publications, 2020.
Descriptionxviii, 404 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note:Includes some primary source material.
Note:Part one. What happened? The events surrounding the martyrdom -- The revolution and religious persecution of 1936 in Cuenca -- The community of martyrs of San Felipe of Cuenca -- Martyrdom: when love is greater than death -- part two. Biographies: who are the martyrs? -- José Javier Gorosterratzu Jaunarena -- Ciriaco Olarte Pérez de Mendiguren -- Julián Pozo Ruiz de Samaniego -- Miguel Gońi Áriz -- Victoriano Calvo Lozano -- Pedra Romero Espejo -- Appendix one. Unedited documents -- Appendix two. Redemptorists whi a special relationship to the martyrs -- Appendix three. Companions in martyrdom to the Redemptorists of Cuenca -- Appendix four. Documents consulted form the archives.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-404).
Note:"In an especially sad and difficult epoch of the history of Spain, far from the political disputes of the time, twenty-one Spanish Redemptorists died as victims of religious persecution. It was persecution unleashed in that country in the decade of the 1930s. These Redemptorists died simply for being religious, for being missionaries, for remaining firm in their faith and firm in their Christian vocation. A process of beatification is underway to recognize all of them as witnesses for the faith. For six of them, the Redemptorist martyrs of Cuenca, the process has been completed and, upon their being beatified on October 13, 2013, they have been presented to us as models of what Christian discipleship has come to mean in recent times. They are admirable witnesses of the faith. They have put on the line their very lives. They are Frs. José Javier Gorosterratzu, Ciriaco Olarte, Miguel Gońi, Julian Pozo, and Pedro Romero, and Brother Victoriano Calvo. To read the story of their lives, stories that have been gathered together in this book with fidelity and affection is an exercise that will bring us to a particularly splendid moment in the history of the Redemptorists of Spain. It will, above all, help us to know men of robust faith, of joyful hope, of impressive missionary zeal, of admirable courage which radiated the Gospel out from the church of San Felipe de Neri in Cuenca."-- Provided by publisher.
