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Diego Llorca Llopis
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Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1896
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Gata de Gorgos in the territory of Alicante in Spain, Blessed Diego Llorca Llopis, priest and martyr, who during the persecution against the Church received the crown for having borne witness to his faith in Christ.
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 6 September as a priest martyred for his faith in Christ during the persecution in Spain.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 6 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9213511 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.