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Isidoro Bover Oliver
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Feast: 2 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1890
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Near Castellón de la Plana on the Spanish coast, Blesseds Francisco Carceller, of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools, and Isidoro Bover Oliver, of the Society of Diocesan Worker Priests, priests and martyrs: during the persecution, they completed their martyrdom, shot out of hatred for the priesthood in front of the cemetery wall.
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 2 October as a Diocesan Worker priest shot near Castellón de la Plana out of hatred for the priesthood.
Connected on this site
- Francisco Carceller Galindo Blessed“Near Castellón de la Plana on the Spanish coast, Blesseds Francisco Carceller, of the Order of Clerics Regular of the Pious Schools, and Isidoro Bover Oliver, of the Society of Diocesan Worker Priests, priests and martyrs: during the persecution, they completed their martyrdom, shot out of hatred for the priesthood…” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 2 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q17362056 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.