Manila-born Capuchin Franciscan Martyr of the Spanish Civil War to be Beatified

Fr. Jose Maria de Manila (Eugenio Mortero), born in Manila in 1880, was martyred as a Franciscan Capuchin in Spain in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. 

To be beatified on Oct. 13 in Tarragona, Spain, together with 33 other martyrs, 19 of whom were Mercedarians, the Capuchin would henceforth be known Beato Jose Maria de Manila.