Bl. Andrés Gómez Sáez

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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.

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