Blessed Angela de San Jose Lloret Marti
Blessed Angela de San José (Lloret Martí) (born June 15, 1879 AD in Alicante, Spain; died August 2, 1936 AD in Alicante, Spain) was a Spanish Franciscan Tertiary Regular nun who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War as part of the group of martyrs known as the Martyrs of Barbastro and related groups. She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001. Her feast day is August 2.
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| Blessed Angela de San Jose Lloret Marti | |
|---|---|
| Feast Day | August 02 |
| Profession | Franciscan Tertiary Regular nun; member of the Franciscan Tertiary Sisters; Spanish Civil War martyr |
| Rel. Affiliation | Catholic Church; Franciscan family; Franciscan Tertiary Sisters; 20th-century Spanish Catholicism; Spanish Civil War martyrs |
| Patronage | Alicante; Spain; Franciscan religious women; those persecuted for their faith; the Spanish Civil War victims; religious women martyred in the 20th century |
| Attributes | Franciscan habit; palm frond of martyrdom; a cross; Spanish landscape; lily (religious purity and Franciscan tradition) |
| Birthplace | Alicante, Spain |
| Death Place | Alicante, Spain |
| Cause of Death | Martyrdom; killed August 2, 1936, at Alicante, Spain, during the Spanish Civil War; she was a Franciscan Tertiary Regular nun (Franciscan Tertiary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception or related congregation); she was executed by Republican anticlerical militias during the Spanish Civil War's "red terror" (verano de 1936), when thousands of clergy, religious, and Catholic laypeople were murdered in Republican-controlled Spain; she was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001, as one of a large group of Spanish Civil War martyrs |
| Primary Shrine | Alicante, Spain — her birthplace and martyrdom site; August 2 feast; local veneration |
| Liturgical Class | Not in universal Roman calendar; August 2 feast in the Franciscan tradition and local Spanish calendar |
| Historic Class | Not in 1962 calendar |
Biography
Angela Lloret Martí was born June 15, 1879, in Alicante on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. She entered religious life as a Franciscan Tertiary Regular, taking the religious name Angela de San José.
When the Spanish Civil War began in July 1936, intense anticlerical violence broke out in Republican-controlled regions of Spain. Thousands of clergy and religious were killed in the "red terror" of summer 1936. Angela was arrested and martyred at Alicante on August 2, 1936.
She was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001, as part of a large group of Spanish Civil War martyrs.
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Birth location: Alicante, Spain
Death location: Alicante, Spain
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Blessed Angela de San José (Lloret Martí) was a Spanish Franciscan Tertiary Regular nun born in Alicante in 1879 and martyred there on August 2, 1936, during the Spanish Civil War. Beatified by Pope John Paul II, 2001. Feast August 2.
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