José Calasanz Marqués

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José Calasanz Marqués SDB - sometimes also Marquéz or Margués - written (born November 23, 1872 in Azanuy , † July 29, 1936 in Valencia ) was a Spanish religious priest who was beatified as a martyr together with 31 companions .

Life

In 1884, at the age of twelve, José Calasanz Marqués entered the Salesian house in Sarrià as a pupil, where he met Johannes Bosco on his trip to Barcelona in 1886 . Impressed by this, he decided to become a Salesian of Don Bosco himself and in 1890 made his first vows. After his philosophical and theological studies, he was ordained a priest in 1895 as the first Spanish Salesian of Don Bosco . He initially worked as the secretary of the later Superior General Don Philipp Rinaldi , who had been the Spanish Provincial since 1892. Then Calasanz became the College of Mataró and the Salesian work in the Antillesentrusted. After all, he was a provincial in Peru and Bolivia . On his return to Spain in 1925, he was appointed Provincial of the Terraconense Province, which includes Barcelona and Valencia.

From July 17, 1936, he preached the retreat in Valencia . On the morning of July 22nd, Republican militias entered the house and were arrested but released. They were not arrested again until the following days. Marqués was forced on July 29, 1936 with three other confreres to go to the bridge of St. Josephon, where Marquès was finally executed.

He was buried in the cemetery in the Benimaclet district of Valencia.

beatification

Joseph Calasanz Marqués was born on March 11, 2001 together with his 31 companions and 201 other Spanish martyrs by Pope John Paul II. Beatified .

The day of remembrance was set for September 22nd.

31 companions

  1. Javier Bordás Piferer SDB (* 1914), religious cleric , July 24, 1936 in Barcelona
  2. Felipe Hernández Martínez SDB (* 1913), religious, July 27, 1936 in Barcelona
  3. Jaime Ortiz Alzueta SDB (* 1913), friar , July 27, 1936 in Barcelona
  4. Zacarías Abadía Buesa SDB (* 1913), religious cleric, July 27, 1936 in Barcelona
  5. José Caselles Moncho SDB (* 1907), religious priest, July 28, 1936 in Barcelona
  6. José Castell Camps SDB (* 1901), religious priest, July 28, 1936 in Barcelona
  7. Sergio Cid Pazo SDB (* 1886), religious priest, July 30, 1936 in Barcelona
  8. Jaime Buch Canals SDB (* 1889), friar, July 31, 1936 in El Saler de Valencia
  9. Francisco Bandrés Sánchez SDB (* 1896), religious priest, August 3, 1936 in Barcelona
  10. Gil Rodicio Rodicio SDB (* 1888), friar , August 4, 1936 in Barcelona
  11. José Batalla Parramón SDB (* 1873), religious priest, August 4, 1936 in Barcelona
  12. José Rabasa Bentanach's SDB (* 1862), friar , August 4, 1936 in Barcelona
  13. Juan Martorell Soria SDB (* 1889), religious priest, August 10, 1936 in Valencia
  14. Pedro (Pablo) Mesonero Rodríguez SDB (* 1912), religious cleric, 10 August 1936 in El Vedat de Torrent
  15. Miguel Domingo Cendra SDB (* 1909), religious cleric , August 11, 1936 in Prat de Compte
  16. José Bonet Nadal SDB (* 1875), religious priest, August 13, 1936 in Barcelona
  17. Jaime Bonet Nadal SDB (* 1884), religious priest, August 15, 1936 in Tàrrega
  18. Félix Vivet Trabal SDB (* 1911), religious cleric , 26 August 1936 in Esplugues
  19. María Amparo Carbonell Muñoz FMA , Sister, September 6, 1936 in Barcelona
  20. María del Carmen Moreno Benítez FMA (* 1885), nun, September 6, 1936 in Barcelona
  21. Alvaro Sanjuan Canet SDB (* 1908), religious priest, October 2, 1936 in Villena
  22. Angel Ramos Velázquez SDB (* 1876), friar, October 11, 1936, in Barcelona
  23. José Otín Aquilé SDB (* 1901), religious priest, November 1, 1936 in Valencia
  24. Alejandro Planas Saurí Fiel SMDB (* 1878), Salesian collaborator of Don Bosco, November 19, 1936 in Garraf
  25. Elíseo García García SDB (* 1907), friar, 19 November 1936 in Garraf
  26. Agustín García Calvo SDB (* 1905), friar, December 9, 1936 in Picadero de Paterna
  27. Antonio Marún Hernández SDB, religious priest, December 9, 1936 in Picadero de Paterna
  28. José Giménez López SDB (* 1904), religious priest, December 9, 1936 in Picadero de Paterna
  29. Julián Rodríguez Sánchez SDB (* 1896), religious priest, December 9, 1936 in Picadero de Paterna
  30. Recaredo de los Ríos Fabregat SDB (* 1893), religious priest, December 9, 1936 in Picadero de Paterna
  31. Julio Junyer Padern SDB (* 1892), religious priest, April 26, 1938 in Monjuic

In addition to these 32 people with Calasanz, another 63 people from the Don Bosco family died , but they were assigned to the local families Seville and Madrid around Enrico Saiz Aparicio . For this, the beatification took place on October 28, 2007 under Pope Benedict XVI. .

Of the 95 people killed, 39 were priests, 24 brothers, 22 clerics, 4 Salesian workers and 2 Don Bosco sisters, 3 aspirants and 1 lay worker.

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personal data
SURNAME Calasanz Marqués, José
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Calasanz Marquéz, José; Calasanz Margués, José
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Azanuy
DATE OF DEATH July 29, 1936
Place of death Valencia