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The Claretian martyrs of Barbastro

Barbastro, Somontano de Barbastro, Huesca

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The Claretian martyrs of Barbastro

Historical milestone · Barbastro, Somontano de Barbastro, Huesca

Fifty-one Claretian missionaries, most of them young students, were shot in August 1936 on the outskirts of the city during the first weeks of the war; the diocese lost close to eighty-seven percent of its clergy.

agosto de 1936

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