Florentino Asensio Barroso
Florentino Asensio Barroso (16 October 1877 – 9 August 1936) was a Spanish Catholic prelate who served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Diocese of Barbastro. He served as a chaplain of both the Little Sisters of the Poor and the Servants of Jesus as a priest. He was made a bishop in 1935 and killed in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War.
His appointment as administrator was opposed, and he was soon captured and tortured. In mid-1936 he was shot to death.
He was beatified in 1997 after it was determined that he was killed in hatred of the faith.
Patron saint of Persecuted Christians; Roman Catholic Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón; Diocese of Barbastro
In the Martyrology
- August 9 Blessed Florentino Asensio Barroso, bishop of Barbastro, martyr of Spain