Blesseds Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez and Carlos Díaz Gandía

In the annals of the Church, some witnesses to the faith leave behind detailed chronicles, while others are known only through the stark testimony of their sacrifice. Among the latter stand Blesseds Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez and Carlos Díaz Gandía, whose lives were extinguished in the line of Christian duty, earning them the title of martyrs. Their story is anchored in the territory of Valencia, Spain, specifically within the quiet confines of the village of Agullent. Here, amidst the local landscape, their names are inscribed in the liturgical memory of the faithful as Blesseds.