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The Martyrs sisters
Seven sisters were martyred during the spanish civil war in 1936 when religious prosecutions were more frequent in Madrid. There names were Blessed Sister Maria Gabriela de Hinolosa Naveros, Blessed Sister Josefa Maria Darrera Izaguirre, Blessed Sister Teresa Maria Cavestany y Anduaga, Blessed Sister Maria Angela Olaizola Garagarza, Blessed Sister Maria Engracla Lecuona Ararnburu, Blessed Sister Maria Ines Zudaire Galdeano and Blessed Sister Maria Cecilia Cendoya Araquista. -
In 1936 eligious prosecution led ppl to leave
Earlier that year the community realized the danger of staying in Madrid and moved to Oronoz, leaving a group of six nuns in the charge of Sr. Maria Gabriela de Hinojosa Naveros. By July they dared not leave the place in which they were hiding -
In 1936 they all died
All of them died that day except for the youngest, Sister Maria Cecilia. She had instinctively run off once she felt the sister next to her drop to the ground. She surrendered immediately, but was taken into custody only to be shot five days later on the outskirts of MadriD -
Their feast days are november 18th