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Enrique Juan Requena
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Feast: 29 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1907
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Picadero de Paterna, likewise in the territory of Valencia, the blessed martyrs Enrique Juan Requena, priest, and José Perpiñá Nácher, who completed the glorious trial for 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 29 December as a priest martyred at Picadero de Paterna near Valencia.
Connected on this site
- José Perpiñá Nácher Blessed“In the village of Picadero de Paterna, likewise in the territory of Valencia, the blessed martyrs Enrique Juan Requena, priest, and José Perpiñá Nácher, who completed the glorious trial for Christ.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 29 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9288264 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.