Fernando Olmedo Reguera

Fernando Olmedo Reguera (10 January 1873 – 12 August 1936), also known as Fernando of Santiago, was a Spanish friar and victim of the Spanish Civil War. At the outbreak of war in 1936, Reguera was forced to leave his convent and was arrested, imprisoned, and beaten by Republican forces. Refusing to reveal penitents' confessions, he was then tried by a popular tribunal and sentenced to death. He was executed by firing squad. On 13 October 2013, Fernando was beatified by Pope Francis in Tarragona.