November 6 is the feast of 2,053 people

And they are all from the 20th century!

November 6 is the feast day of 2,053 martyrs recognized so far from the Spanish Civil War. Of these, there are 12 saints and 2,041 blesseds.

This number is steadily increasing as more and more of the estimated 10,000 martyrs from the bloody persecution of the Church in 1930s Spain are recognized.

Various members of this number have their own feast day, but since 2010, November 6 is taken to recognize them as a group, just a few days after the Solemnity of All Saints.

Read about some of them below:

Read more:A martyr’s last letter to his mother

Read more:St. Pedro Poveda: Lover of the poor, advocate for women’s rights, martyr

Read more:25 Friars, journalist, and nun killed in 1930s Spain to be beatified

Read more:Spanish teenager beatified as martyr

Read more:3 Red Cross nurses beatified as martyrs

Read more:“Do not worry. All they can do is kill us, nothing more”

Read more:Martyrs of the secrecy of Confession: Would one priest betray another?

Read more:They died saying, “Father, forgive them. Long live Christ the King!”