The Brothers at the school were the first victims, massacred in Turón, a mining village in Asturias in 1934, together with their chaplain, in front of the school that was also attended by the children of some of their executioners. It was the beginning of the hurricane that would be unleashed twenty months later across the nation. These Brothers died young, fearless in the face of death, confident that in death they would find life, eternal life.
They are the Brothers:
Saint Cirilo Bertrán (José Sanz Tejedor, Community Director), 46 years old
Bron in Lerma (Burgos), Spain, March 20, 1888
Entered the novitiate on October 23, 1906
Saint Marciano José (Filomeno López y López), 34 years old
Born in El Pedregal (Guadalajara), Spain, November 15, 1900
Entered the novitiate on September 20, 1916
Saint Julián Alfredo (Vilfrido Fernández Zapico), 32 years old
Born in Cifuentes de Rueda (León), Spain, December 24, 1903
Entered the novitiate on February 4, 1926
Saint Victoriano Pío (Claudio Bernabé Cano), 29 years old
Born in San Millan de Lora (Borgos), Spain, July 7, 1905
Entered the novitiate on August 30, 1921
Saint Benjamín Julián (Vicente Alonso Andrés), 26 years old
Born in Jamarillo de la Fuente (Burgos), Spain, October 27, 1908
Entered the novitiate on August 29, 1924
Saint Augusto Andrés (Román Martín Fernández), 24 years old
Born in Santander, Spain, May 6, 1910
Entered the novitiate on February 3, 1926
Saint Benito de Jesús (Héctor Valdivieso Sáez), 24 years old
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 31, 1910
Entered the novitiate on August 7, 1926
Saint Anicet Adolfo (Manuel Seco Gutiérrez), 22 years old
Born in Celada Marlantes (Santander), Spain, October 4, 1912
Entered the novitiate on September 6, 1928
Saint Inocencio de la Immaculada,CP (Manuel Canoure Arnau), 47 years old
Born in Cecilia del Valle de Oro (Lugo), Spain, March 10, 1887
Ordained on September 20, 1920
