Blessed Vicente María Izquierdo Alcón

Vicente María Izquierdo Alcón (born May 24, 1891, in Mosqueruela; died August 18, 1936, in Rafelbuñol) was a Spanish blessed of the Catholic Church. He was born into a very religious family and entered the seminary in Valencia. He later served as the administrator of the parish in Puebla de Farnals. During the Spanish Civil War, he was forced to leave the village. He was arrested on August 15, 1936, and was shot on August 18 on the way to Rafelbuñol. His correspondence was published in 1941. He was a victim of the anti-Catholic religious persecution during the Spanish Civil War. Vicente María Izquierdo Alcón was beatified by Pope John Paul II on March 11, 2001, as a martyr murdered out of hatred for the faith (in odium fidei) among a group of 232 companions of José Aparicio Sanz.