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Florentino Asensio Barroso
Spanish Roman Catholic Bishop (1877-1936)
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Feast: 9 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1877
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Barbastro, also in Spain, Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso, bishop and martyr, who, shot by militiamen during the persecution against the Church, bore witness with his own blood to the faith he had never ceased to preach to the people entrusted to him.
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 9 August as a bishop of Barbastro shot by militiamen during the persecution against the Church.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 9 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q8213971 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Florentino Asensio Barroso (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.