Bl. Andrés Gómez Sáez
Posted on December 30, 2023 by admin No comments

Born: 7 May 1894 in Bicorp, Valencia, Spain
Died: shot on 1 January 1937 in Santander, Cantabria, Spain
Beatified: 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI
Member of the Salesians, taking his vows at Carabanchel Alto, Madrid, Spain on 28 July 1914. Ordained in Orense, Spain on 9 September 1925. Parish priest in Baracaldo, in La Coruña and in Santander, Spain. Arrested and executed by militia troops the Spanish Civil War for the crime of priesthood. Martyr.