Blessed Francisco Maqueda López
Profile
Seminarian in the archdiocese of Toledo, Spain on 5 June 1936. Imprisoned on 11 September 1936 in the anti–Christian persecutions of the Spanish Civil War; he spent the night ministering to and praying the Rosary with the other prisoners. Martyr.
Born
- 10 October 1914 in Villacañas, Toledo, Spain
- shot in the early morning of 12 September 1936 in Dosbarrios, Toledo, Spain
- 28 April 2006 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Francisco Maqueda López“. CatholicSaints.Info. 12 September 2016. Web. 19 April 2024. <>