Bienheureuse
Marie-Thérèse Louise Frias Cañizares
Martyre en Espagne (+ 1936)
Marie-Thérèse Louise Frias Cañizares (1896-1936), professeur à l'université de Valencia, martyre béatifiée en 2001 avec 232 autres martyrs espagnols.
"Catholique fervente, elle constitua, au sein même de l'université, un groupe de l'Action Catholique des jeunes valenciens. En plus de cet apostolat fructueux, elle s'était aussi engagée au sein de sa paroisse, où elle était toute à tous." (source:Saints d'hier et d'aujourd'hui - site consacré à la bienheureuse Alexandrina de Balasar)
À Picadero de Paterna dans la région de Valence en Espagne, l'an 1936, la
bienheureuse Louise-Marie Frias Cañizares, vierge et martyre, professeur
d'université fusillée en haine de l'Église dans la persécution déchaînée au
cours de la guerre civile.
Martyrologe romain
SOURCE : https://nominis.cef.fr/contenus/saint/11243/Bienheureuse-Marie-Therese-Louise-Frias-Canizares.html
Bienheureuse
Marie-Thérèse Louise Frias Cañizares, martyre
Marie-Thérèse Louise
Frias Cañizares, née en 1896, professeur à l’université de Valence (Espagne),
catholique fervente, constitua, au sein même de l’université, un groupe de
l’Action Catholique des jeunes valenciennois. En plus de cet apostolat
fructueux, elle s’était aussi engagée au sein de sa paroisse, où elle était
toute à tous. Elle fut fusillée en haine de l’Église, dans la persécution
déchaînée au cours de la guerre civile espagnole, en 1936.
Blessed Luisa
María Frías Cañizares
Profile
Lay
woman
in the archdiocese
of Valencia,
Spain.
Martyred
in the Spanish
Civil War.
Born
20
June 1896
in Valencia,
Spain
6
December 1936
in Picadero de Paterna, Valencia,
Spain
18
December 2000
by Pope
John
Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
11
March 2001
by Pope
John
Paul II
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ABAD CASASEMPERE, AMALIA,
AND COMPANIONS, BB.
Lay martyrs; d. Aug. 20,
1936 and Jan. 31, 1937, Valencia, Spain. Although the venom of the Republican
Guards was vented primarily against priests and religious during the Spanish Civil
War, many devout lay people also fell victim to the rebels' hatred of the
Church. These women, members of Catholic Action, are representative of the
numerous lay martyrs of the period. Many became suspect because they owned a
Rosary or were seen attending Mass. Included below, in chronological order of
their martyrdom, are single women, wives, mothers, and widows aging in age from
31 to 83.
María Climet Mateu (b.
May 13, 1887, Xátiva; d. there, Aug. 20, 1936) was a self-supporting, single
woman, who was actively involved in all aspects of parochial life. She was
martyred together with her mother, who has not been beatified.
Francisca Cualladó Baixauli
(b. Dec. 3, 1890, Valencia; d. Sept. 19, 1936, Benifaiós) was a seamstress, who
openly lived and proclaimed her Catholic faith through her frequent
participation in the Eucharist and service to others.
Crescencia valls espÍ (b.
June 9, 1863, Ontinyent; d. there, Sept. 20, 1936) contributed to the support
of her family through her embroidery, while participating actively in various
parish associations. She was martyred with three of her sisters.
Amalia Abad Casasempere
(b. Dec. 11, 1897, Alcoi, Alicante; d. Sept. 21, 1936, Benillup, Alicante) was
the widowed mother of two daughters. While fulfilling her familial duties, she
was involved with various religious groups and in caring for the poor.
María de la Purificación
Vidal Pastor (b. Sept. 14, 1892, Alzira; d. Sept. 21, 1936, Corbera), a
committed single woman, lived a life of intense Eucharistic and Marian piety.
Josefina Moscardó Montalvá
(b. April 10, 1880, Alzira; d. there, Sept. 22, 1936), like many other
unmarried lay women of this group, was known for her generosity to all in need.
She openly practiced her faith and participated in many parish activities.
Sofía Ximénez Ximénez (b.
Oct. 15, 1876, Valencia; d. Sept. 23, 1936, Paterna), widowed mother of two
children, whom she supported by her own labor while still finding time to
participate in the apostolic works of the parish. She was killed with her
sister, Bl. María de la Purificación Ximénez, and Bl. María Josefa del Rio
Messa (see torrentallÉ paraire, elvira).
Encarnación gil valls (b.
Jan. 27, 1888, Ontinyent; d. Sept. 24, 1936, L'Ollería) was considered
especially dangerous by the anti-religious authorities because she taught
children and shared with them her profound faith.
Herminia Martínez Amigó
(b. July 31, 1887, Puzol; d. Sept. 26, 1936, Gilet), known for her generosity
and numerous charitable works, was shot to death with her husband, who has not
been beatified.
María Jordá Botella (b.
Jan. 26, 1905, Alcoi, Alicante; d. Sept. 27, 1936, Benifallím, Alicante), the
youngest of the group, was known for her undaunted optimism and the joy with
which she carried out her lay apostolate.
Florencia Caerols Martínez
(b. Feb. 20, 1890, Caudete, Albacete; d. Oct. 2, 1936, Rotglá Corbera), an
unmarried textile worker, served her parish as a catechist and by visiting the
sick.
Ana María Aranda Riera
(b. Jan. 24, 1888, Denia, Alicante; d. Oct. 14, 1936, Paterna), a single woman,
attended Mass daily, participated in various parish groups, and assisted with
the many works of the Church.
Társila Córdoba Belda (b.
May 8, 1861, Sollana; d. Oct. 17, 1936, Algemesí) suffered much tragedy in her
life. After the deaths of her husband and three children, she found the
strength through daily Communion to care for the sick, poor, and needy.
María Teresa Ferragut
Roig (b. Jan. 14, 1853, Algemesí; d. Oct. 25, 1936, Alzira), the eldest of this
group (83), is called the "Mother of the Maccabbees" because she died
with four of her daughters, three of whom were beatified with her (see masiÁ
ferragud, jesÚs).
María del Carmen Viel
Ferrando (b. Nov. 27, 1893, Sueca; d. Nov. 4, 1936, El Saler de Valencia), an
unmarried woman, worked with working-class children and collaborated in parish
activities.
María del Olvido Noguera
Albelda (b. Dec. 30, 1903, Carcaixent; d. Nov. 30, 1936, Benifairó de
Valldigna), an unmarried woman, manifested her faith through diverse
apostolates in the parish and secular world.
Luisa María Frías Cañizares
(b. June 20, 1896, Valencia; d. Dec. 6, 1936, Paterna), an unmarried professor at
the University of Valencia, established her lay apostolate in the college
setting and the parish. She is remembered for her loving spirit and desire for
social justice.
Pilar Villalonga Villalba
(b. Jan. 22, 1891, Valencia; d. Dec. 11, 1936, Burjassot), a committed single
woman, lived an intensely spiritual life that manifested itself in her public
actions and service to the Church.
María Luisa Montesinos
Orduña (b. March 3, 1901, Valencia; d. Jan. 31, 1937, Picassent), an unmarried
member of various religious groups, was martyred with her father, three
siblings, and uncle, none of whom have been beatified.
These 19 women were
beatified by Pope John
Paul II with José Aparicio Sanz and 232 companions on March 11, 2001.
Feast: Sept. 22.
Bibliography: V. Cárcel Ortí, Martires españoles del siglo XX (Madrid 1995). W. H. Carroll, The Last Crusade (Front Royal, Va. 1996). J. Pérez de urbel, Catholic Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, tr. M. F. Ingrams (Kansas City, Mo. 1993). R. Royal, The Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century (New York 2000). L'Osservatore Romano, Eng. no. 11 (March 14, 2001), 1–4, 12.
[K. I. Rabenstein]
New Catholic Encyclopedia
Beata Luisa Maria Frias
Canizares Vergine e martire
Valencia, Spagna, 20
giugno 1896 - Picadero de Paterna, Spagna, 6 dicembre 1936
Luisa Maria Frias
Cañizares, fedele laica, nacque a Valencia in Spagna il 20 giugno 1896, fu
battezzata il 25 giugno seguente e cresimata il 5 febbraio 1902. Ricevette la
Prima Comunione nella solennità dell'Ascensione del 1908 nella Collegiata di
San Bartolomeo a Valencia. Laureata in Filosofia e Lettere, nubile, Luisa Maria
si inserì nella carriera universitaria e fu impegnata nella pastorale
universitaria. Fu promotrice del movimento delle universitarie dell'Azione
Cattolica di Valencia. Dedita alla preghiera, alle opere di carità ed alla
penitenza, era inoltre solita partecipare quotidianamente all'Eucaristia. Allo
scoppio della guerra civile e della feroce persecuzione religiosa che
attraversò la Spagna, Luisa Maria venne uccisa, a causa della sua fede, presso
Picadero de Paterna il 6 dicembre 1936. Papa Giovanni Paolo II l'11 marzo 2001
elevò agli onori degli altari ben 233 vittime della medesima persecuzione, tra
le quali la beata Luisa Maria Frias Cañizares. (Avvenire)
Martirologio
Romano: A Picadero de Paterna nel territorio di Valencia in Spagna, beata
Luisa Maria Frías Cañizares, vergine e martire, che durante la persecuzione
contro la fede riportò nel combattimento per la fede il premio eterno.
Luisa Maria Frias
Cañizares, fedele laica, nacque a Valencia in Spagna il 20 giugno 1896, fu
battezzata il 25 giugno seguente e cresimata il 5 febbraio 1902. Ricevette la
prima comunione nella solennità dell’Ascensione del 1908 nella Collegiata di
San Bartolomeo a Valencia.
Laureata in Filosofia e
Lettere, nubile, Luisa Maria si inserì nella carriera universitaria e fu
impegnata nella pastorale universitaria. Fu promotrice del movimento delle
universitarie dell’Azione Cattolica di Valencia. Assai dedita alla preghiera,
alle opere di carità ed alla penitenza, era inoltre solita partecipare
quotidianamente all’Eucaristia.
Allo scoppio della guerra
civile e della feroce persecuzione religiosa che attraverso la Spagna, Luisa Maria
fu chiamata ed effondere il suo sangue e donare la vita per difendere la
Verità, Cristo, presso Picadero de Paterna il 6 dicembre 1936.
Papa Giovanni Paolo II
l’11 marzo 2001 elevò agli onori degli altari ben 233 vittime della medesima
persecuzione, tra le quali la Beata Luisa Maria Frias Cañizares, che viene
commemorata dal Martyrologium Romanum nell’anniversario del suo martirio.
Autore: Fabio
Arduino
SOURCE : http://www.santiebeati.it/dettaglio/92959
MARIA TERESA LUÍSA
FRIAS CAÑIZARES
Leiga, Membro da Acção
Católica, Mártir, Beata
1896-1936
Maria Teresa Luísa Frias
Cañizares nasceu em Valência, na Espanha, a 20 de Julho de 1896 e foi baptizada
no dia 25 do mesmo mês.
A 5 de Fevereiro de 1902
recebeu o sacramento da Crisma e a primeira Comunhão logo da festa da Ascensão
do Senhor, em 1908, na Colegial de São Bartolomeu de Valência.
Depois de ter frequentado
a escola primária ela inscreveu-se na universidade e obteve os seus diplomas de
Filosofia e de Letras, vindo a ser, quase logo a seguir, ainda adolescente,
professora na mesma universidade.
Católica fervorosa, ela
formou, no seio da mesma universidade, um grupo da Acção Católica para os
jovens valencianos e da mesma maneira se disponibilizou na sua paróquia, onde
ela era tudo para todos.
Maria Teresa sendo muito
devota, não podia passar sem a oração fervorosa de cada dia, assim como não
podia deixar de assistir à missa todos os dias. Os seus actos de caridade eram
também quotidianos mas sem ostentação.
Quando começou a guerra
civil e a perseguição religiosa que a Espanha atravessou, ela foi “chamada” a
derramar o seu sangue e a dar a sua vida, para defender a verdade de Cristo,
como tantos outros e como estes nenhum outro crime cometera do que aquele de
ser cristã e católica.
Presa e, sem o mínimo
julgamento ― aliás de que a poderiam acusar! ― ela foi
conduzida, a 6 de dezembro, perto do Picadero de Paterna, de triste memória
para os católicos e ali foi fuzilada.
No dia 11 de Março de
2003, o Papa João Paulo II elevou-a às honras dos
altares ― beatificando-a ao mesmo tempo que outras 233 outras vítimas
da folia mortífera da revolução ― prestando assim uma homenagem
publica à coragem desta jovem donzela que não hesitou a derramar o seu sangue
por Jesus Cristo. Ela tinha então 40 anos.
A sua festa litúrgica foi
fixada para o dia do seu martírio: 6 de Dezembro.
SOURCE : http://alexandrinabalasar.free.fr/maria_teresa_frias_canizares.htm
Martyrs de la Guerre
CivilE Espagnole, 2. Décret de la Congrégation pour la Cause des Saints, lu
devant le Saint Père le 18 décembre 2000, FEMMES DE L'ACTION CATHOLIQUE : http://causa.sanctorum.free.fr/martyrs_espagnols_02.htm
~ Martyrs of the Religious Persecution during the Spanish Civil War ~ (†1934, 1936-39) [18] ; http://newsaints.faithweb.com/martyrs/MSPC18.htm
