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Charles Eraña Guruceta
BlessedResearchedSpainSociety of Mary
Feast: 18 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1884
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Died
1936
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Beatified
1 October 1995
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Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Carlos Eraña Guruceta (1884-1936) was a religious of the Society of Mary, the Marianists.
In the persecution of priests and religious during the Spanish Civil War he was arrested by militiamen and shot without trial, with his Marianist brothers Fidel Fuidio and Jesús Hita.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Marianist brother shot without trial in 1936.
Connected on this site
- Fidel Fuidio Blessed“In the persecution of priests and religious during the Spanish Civil War he was arrested by militiamen and shot without trial, with his Marianist brothers Fidel Fuidio and Jesús Hita.” — this site's research
- Jesús Hita Blessed“In the persecution of priests and religious during the Spanish Civil War he was arrested by militiamen and shot without trial, with his Marianist brothers Fidel Fuidio and Jesús Hita.” — this site's research
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Carlos Eraña Guruceta
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 1 October 1995
- Wikidata Q2959020 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.