Today’s Martyrs – October 1934 Thursday October 4, 1934 Spain: Valdecuna, Asturias Fr Manuel Muniz Lobato (aged 54, killed) http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Asturian_Revolution.htm Friday October 5, 1934 Spain: Mieres, Asturias Br Baudilio Alonso Tejedo CP (aged 23, killed) Br Amadeo Andres Celada CP (aged 18, killed) Spain: Sama de Langreo, Asturias Fr Venancio Prado Moran (aged 28, killed) Spain: Turon Eight Christian Brothers and a visiting Passionist priest arrested by striking miners Br Claudio Bernabe Cano FSC (aged 29) Br Filomeno Lopez Lopez FSC (aged 33) Br Hector Valdivielso FSC (aged 23, Argentine citizen) Br Jose Sanz Tejedor FSC (aged 46) Fr Manuel Canoura Arnau CP (aged 45) Br Manuel Seco Gutierrez FSC (aged 20) Br Roman Martinez Fernandez FSC (aged 23) Br Vicente Alonso Andres FSC (aged 36) Br Vilfrido Fernandez Zapico FSC (aged 30) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Turon http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Asturian_Revolution.htm Saturday October 6, 1934 Spain: Barruelo, Palencia Br Placid Fabrega Julia FMS (aged 45, killed) Spain: Casanueva, Asturias Fr Tomas Suero Covielles (killed) Spain: Muneca, Leon Fr Constancio Villalba Díez (killed) http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/MSPC05.htm http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Asturian_Revolution.htm Sunday October 7, 1934 Spain: Mieres, Asturias Fr Graciano González Blanco (aged 27, killed) Spain: Navas, Barcelona Fr Josep Morta Soler (aged 57, killed) Spain: Oviedo, Asturias Angel Cuartas Cristobal (aged 24, seminarian, killed) Cesar Gonzalo Zurro Fanjul (aged 21, seminarian, killed) Jesus Prieto Lopez (aged 22, seminarian, killed) Jose Maria Fernandez Munoz (aged 19, seminarian, killed) Jose Mendez Mendez (aged 27, seminarian, killed) Juan Castanon Fernandez (aged 18, seminarian, killed) Mariano Suarez Fernandez (aged 23, seminarian, killed) Fr Vicente Pastor Vicente CM (aged 47, killed) Spain: between Santullano and Mieres, Oviedo, Asturias Fr Emilio Martinez y Martinez SJ (aged 41, killed) Br Juan Bautista Arconada Perez SJ (aged 44, killed) http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/MSPC01.htm http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/MSPC33.htm http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Asturian_Revolution.htm Monday October 8, 1934 Spain: Oviedo, Asturias Fr Aurelio Gago Farinas (killed) Fr Juan Puertes Ramon (aged 46, killed) http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/MSPC54.htm http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Asturian_Revolution.htm Tuesday October 9, 1934 Spain: Turon Eight Christian Brothers and a visiting Passionist priest arrested by striking miners on October 5, 1934; UPDATE: shot dead Br Claudio Bernabe Cano FSC (aged 29) Br Filomeno Lopez Lopez FSC (aged 33) Br Hector Valdivielso FSC (aged 23, Argentine citizen) Br Jose Sanz Tejedor FSC (aged 46) Fr Manuel Canoura Arnau CP (aged 45) Br Manuel Seco Gutierrez FSC (aged 20) Br Roman Martinez Fernandez FSC (aged 23) Br Vicente Alonso Andres FSC (aged 36) Br Vilfrido Fernandez Zapico FSC (aged 30) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs_of_Turon http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/MSPC09.htm Wednesday October 10, 1934 Spain: Olloniego, Asturias Fr Joaquín del Valle Villa (killed) Spain: Tineo, Asturias Fr Lucio Fernandez Martinez (aged 52, killed) http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Asturian_Revolution.htm Thursday October 11, 1934 Spain: Oviedo, Asturias Fr Francisco Sanz Baztan (killed) http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Asturian_Revolution.htm Friday October 12, 1934 Latvia: Riga Archbishop Janis Pommers (aged 58, assassinated, likely by Soviet agents) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Pommers http://russiascatacombsaints.blogspot.com/2010/12/appendix-i-archbishop-john-of-latvia.html Spain: Oviedo, Asturias Fr Eufrasio Barredo Fernandez OCD (aged 37, killed) Fr Maximiliano Arboleya (aged 64, described the dynamiting of the crypt of St Leocadia in the cathedral, in which several artworks were destroyed, the sudarium [the reputed head covering of Jesus after the Crucifixion] survived) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximiliano_Arboleya - with translation http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/MSPC33.htm https://openlibrary.org/books/OL25930517M/Witnesses_to_Mystery_Investigations_into_Christ' s_relics - pages 151-154 Saturday October 13, 1934 Spain: Oviedo, Asturias Fr Roman Cossio Gomez (aged 41, killed) Br Salustiano Gonzalez Crespo CM (aged 63, killed) Fr Tomas Pallares Ibanez CM (aged 44, killed) http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/MSPC13.htm http://newsaints.faithweb.com/new_martyrs/Asturian_Revolution.htm Thursday October 25, 1934 Russia: Sevorput Mikhail Ivasechko (aged 52, former miner, cabinetmaker, parish council chairman, arrested in Kiev, Ukraine on February 1, 1933; sentenced on May 9, 1933 to 3 years' internal exile, sent to Arkhangelsk then Sevorput on the Northern Sea Route; UPDATE: partially released from internal exile due to illness, later completely released on March 10, 1935, fate unknown) https://biographies.library.nd.edu/catalog/biography-1833 October 1934, date unknown Russia: Yaroslavl Prison Fr Stanislaw Kasprzykowski (aged 51, arrested in Chernivtsi, Ukraine on January 28, 1930, transferred to Kiev Prison; sentenced on May 12, 1930 to 7 years' imprisonment in a labor camp; transferred on May 26, 1930 to solitary confinement in Yaroslavl Prison, Russia; UPDATE: transferred to Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp) https://biographies.library.nd.edu/catalog/biography-1014 .