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Cosme Brun
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Feast: 30 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1894
Died
1936
Beatified
25 October 1992
unverified
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Near Madrid in Spain, Blessed Cristino (Miguel) Roca Huguet, priest, and eleven companions, martyrs, who, all belonging to the Order of Saint John of God, were killed during the civil war out of hatred of religion. Among those named is Blessed Cosme Brun, religious.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 1 September among the Brothers of Saint John of God killed near Madrid during the civil war out of hatred of religion.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“Near Madrid in Spain, Blessed Cristino (Miguel) Roca Huguet, priest, and eleven companions, martyrs, who, all belonging to the Order of Saint John of God, were killed during the civil war out of hatred of religion.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q5789895 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.