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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Joan of Arc, Caesarion, Astyanax, Conradin, Nag Hammadi Massacre, Martyr Saints of China, 498 Spanish Martyrs, Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, Kosheh Martyrs, Twenty-Six Martyrs of Japan, Martyrs of Japan, George Stinney, Atefah Sahaaleh, Vietnamese Martyrs, Gävle Boy, Uganda Martyrs, Yaoya Oshichi, José Sánchez Del Río, Haqiqat Rai, Martyrs of Thailand, Virginia Christian, Sahibzada Fateh Singh, Sahibzada Zorawar Singh, Achilleus Kewanuka, Ambrosio Kibuuka, Kizito, Peter Yu Tae-Chol, Leonard Shockley, Hannah Ocuish, Giovanni Di Giovanni. Excerpt: In 2007, Pope Benedict XVI beatified 498 Spanish martyrs, the largest beatification in the two-thousand year history of the Catholic Church. In a historic beatification , the Roman Catholic Church led by Pope Benedict XVI beatified on October 28, 2007 some 498 martyrs from the Spanish Civil War , the greatest numbers of persons ever beatified in the Church's 2000-year history . They originated from all parts of Spain including the dioceses of Barcelona , Burgos , Madrid , Mérida , Oviedo , Seville , Toledo , Albacete , Cartagena , Ciudad Real , Cuenca , Gerona , Jaén , Málaga and Santander . Their ages ranged from 15 years to 78 years old. Although almost 500 persons, they are a small part of the Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War . Background Pope Benedict XVI was not the first pope to beatify large numbers of Spanish martyrs from the Civil War in that country. Pope John Paul II beatified some 500 Spanish martyrs in several beatifications since 1987. In addition to the 498 beatified by Pope Benedict XVI, another 1000 martyrs are awaiting conclusion of their causes in the Vatican. It is estimated that in the course of the Red Terror 6,832 members of the Catholic clergy were killed. Another source breaks down the figures as follows: So...