Blessed Enrique Morant Pellicer

Enrique Morant Pellicer (born October 13, 1908, in Bellreguard, Valencia; died October 4, 1936, in Xaraco) was a blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a deeply religious family. He moved to Madrid to study architecture but later decided to enter the seminary. He was ordained a priest in 1933 and began serving as a parish priest in Bárig. He subsequently took the position of Director of the Grau Board in Valencia. Following the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War, he traveled to Valencia and then took a train to his hometown. On Sunday, October 3, 1936, after praying the rosary with his family, he saw militiamen; he was executed the following day at the age of 27. He was buried in the municipal cemetery in Bellreguard, and his remains were later moved to the parish church. He is one of the victims of the anti-Catholic religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War. Enrique Morant Pellicer was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001, as a martyr killed in hatred of the faith (odium fidei) among the 232 companions of José Aparicio Sanz.