Arturo García de la Fuente

Who they were

Arturo García de la Fuente was an Augustinian priest, aged 34, one of the ninety-seven companions of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso of the Order of Saint Augustine who, with six priests of the diocesan clergy, are named in the decree on martyrdom as put to death in 1936.

He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

The decree on martyrdom names him among the Augustinians put to death in the persecution in Spain in 1936.

Connected on this site

• Avelino Rodríguez Alonso Blessed
  “Arturo García de la Fuente was an Augustinian priest, aged 34, one of the ninety-seven companions of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso of the Order of Saint Augustine who, with six priests of the diocesan clergy, are named in the decree on martyrdom as put to death in 1936.” — this site's research