The Wise Friar

Maria Angeles Rodriguez de Rivera Chicote, was a Philippine-born Spanish laywoman who was among the martyrs of the religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War which started in 1936.  She died on October 28, 1936 in Malaga, Spain.  Recognizing her martyrdom, the Diocese of Malaga on September 27, 2016, opened her cause for beatification, alongside 67 other martyrs, including Fr. Jose Vera Medialdea.  Maria Angeles is notably the the second Filipino-born martyr of the Spanish Civil War, following Blessed Jose Maria of Manila. Short Biography  In the distant land of Cotabato in Maguindanao, far from her ancestral Spain, a child, who would one day bear witness to the cause of faith was born in 1884. The daughter of a Spanish Infantry Colonel stationed in the Philippines, Manuel Rodriguez de Rivera and Carolina Chicote Beltran, Maria Angeles Rodriguez de Rivera Chicote had two other siblings - an older sister Carolina who was born in Manila and a younger sister Car...

Blessed Eugenio del Saz - Orozco, OFM Cap. (1880 -1936) Capuchinong Pari, Martir ng Digmaang Sibil sa Espanya Source: Wanted Filipino Saints FB Page Si Jose Maria de Manila (Eugenio del Saz-Orozco Mortera) ay ipinanganak noong Setyembre 5, 1880 sa Maynila, Pilipinas.  Ang kanyang mga magulang ay sina Don Eugenio del Saz-Orozco de la Oz, ang   kahuli-hulihang Espanyol na Punong Lungsod ng Maynila at Dona Felisa Mortera y Camacho. Si Padre Jose ay hinubog sa mga pangunahing Katolikong paaralan noong panahong iyon; Sa Pamantasang Ateneo, Colegio de San Juan de Letran at sa Pamantasan ng Santo Tomas. Lumaki at nanatili siya sa Pilipinas hanggang sa siya ay labing-anim na taong gulang bago siya nagpatuloy ng mas mataas na pag-aaral sa Espanya. Taliwas sa pagnanais ng kanyang ama na siya ay kumuha ng Abugasya, ninanais ng batang si Eugenio ang maging isang paring Capuchino. Ngunit gaya ng isang masunuring anak, sinunod pa rin niya ang kagustuhan ng kanyang ama at tinapos ang ku...