Santa Marija

Ø      Twieled f’Valencia, Spanja

Ø      Iben Vicente Sicluna Carmona bin l-emigrant Malti Lawrenz Scicluna Fenech.

Ø      Il-familja tiegħu originat minn Ħal Ghaxaq, Malta.

Ø      Sar qassis fl-1884, wara li ggradwa fl-arti u fit-teologija.

Ø       Fl-1903 inħatar kappillan ħabrieki ta’ Navarres fejn baqa’ sa ma miet.

Ø      Kien jgħaddi sigħat twal quddiem is-sagrament

Ø      Kellu karattru sabiħ u kien jieħu d-dmirijiet tiegħu bis-serjeta

Ø      Kien ġeneruż ħafna, dejjem lest li jgħin lil min iħabbatlu. Kellu attenzjoni specjali għall-morda.

Ø      Kien jgħallem lit-tfal jaqraw u jiktbu, kif ukoll il-Latin.

Ø      Kien predikatur magħruf tant li kienu jsejħulu “fomm tad-deheb”.

Ø      Kien esiġenti ħafna fit-tagħlim tal-katekiżmu, kif irrakkuntaw uħud li rðevew l-ewwel tqarbina mingħandu

Ø      Kien imfittex ħafna għall-pariri spiritwali.

Ø      Xi qassisin kienu jmorru għandu biex jagħtihom pariri dwar l-omeliji.

Ø      Malli Spanja saret Repubblikana, “ħafna nfexxew fih biex juru l-mibegħda tagħhom lejn il-Knisja.”

Ø      Don Vicente, qassis anzjan ta’ 77 sena, ma staħbiex fid-djar tan-nies biex ma jikkomprometti lil ħadd, iżda nħeba f’dar abbandunata.

Ø      Iżda fi sbieħ il-jum tat-22 ta’ Settembru 1936, il-milizzji qabduh waqt li kien ħiereġ minn dik id-dar. Kien safa ttradut minn nies li kien jafdahom.

Ø      Waqt li kien qiegħed jiġi mkaxkar u meħud biex jiġi ffucillat semgħuh ifaħħar lil Kristu. Huwa ġie ffucillat f’Bolbiate, fejn l-għada ndifen fic-cimiterju tar-raħal, wara li l-kadavru tiegħu għaddewh biż-żufjett mit-toroq ta’ Bolbiate.

     Il-Papa Ġwanni Pawlu II iddikjarah beatu nhar il-11 ta’ Marzu 2001, flimkien ma’ 73 martri oħra li nqatlu f’Valencia fl-1936.

 Preżenti għall-beatifikazzjoni kien hemm grupp ta’ Maltin minn Ħal Ghaxaq.

233 Spanish Martyrs Beatified
Largest Number Ever Honored in One Ceremony

VATICAN CITY, MAR. 11, 2001 - John Paul II today beatified 233 martyrs of the 1930s Spanish religious persecution, emphasizing that they died for the faith, not for politics.

It was the most numerous beatification in history. It recalled a 19th-century event, when Pius IX raised 206 Japanese martyrs to the altars. Beatification represents the last stage before a possible canonization.

"They were men and women of all ages and conditions: diocesan priests, men and women religious, fathers and mothers of families, lay youths," the Pope said of the newly beatified. "They were killed for being Christians, for their faith in Christ, for being active members of the Church. According to the evidence in the canonical processes for their declaration as martyrs, before dying, all of them forgave their executioners."

Among the 30,000 pilgrims in St. Peter's Square were many of the martyrs' close relatives, some of whom wept openly during the ceremony.

The Holy Father explained in the homily: "All these new blessed and many other anonymous martyrs paid with their blood the hatred of the faith and Church, unleashed with the religious persecution and outbreak of the civil war, that great tragedy lived in Spain during the 20th century."

"The new blessed raised to the altars today were not involved in political or ideological struggles, nor did they wish to enter these," the Pope emphasized. "They died only for religious reasons."

"Now," he continued, "with this solemn proclamation of martyrdom, the Church wants to recognize in those men and women an example of courage and constancy in faith, aided by the grace of God. They are for us models of consistency with the truth professed and, at the same time, an honor for the noble Spanish people and the Church."

"May their blessed memory remove any form of violence, hatred and resentment for ever from Spanish soil!" the Pope exhorted.

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Lorenzo Scicluna Schembri (Malta).*c1692 +c1740
               =  Ghaxaq  (4-11-1723) Grazia Gatt Zammit (Malta)*c1700 +1765
           .. (1) Anna Josepha Sicluna Gatt (Malta)*1725
           .. (1) Ambrogio Sicluna Gatt (Malta)*1726
           .. (1) Jose Scicluna Gatt (Malta)*c1730 +1801
               =  c1758 Ana Fenech Magrin (Ghaxaq, Malta)*c1740
         .... (2) Jacinta Liberata Mgta. Scicluna Fenech (Ghaxaq, Malta)*1764 +1769
         .... (2) Gratia Catharina Scicluna Fenech (Ghaxaq)*1766 +1769
         .... (2) Miguel Scicluna Fenech (Ghaxaq)*c1768 +1844
         .... (2) Joana Gratiella Cristina Scicluna Fenech (Ghaxaq)*1770 +1801
         .... (2) Josep Joannes Scicluna Fenech  (Ghaxaq)*1772 +1800
               =  Ghaxaq (29-4-1794) Maria Azzopardi *c1770
       ...... (3) Giovani Sicluna Azzopardi (Malta)*c1795
               =  1815 Maria Zahra *c1795
     ........ (4) Angela Sicluna Zahra (Malta)*c1818
     ........ (4) Giovana Sicluna Zahra (Malta)*c1820
               =  1844 Benedict Agius *c1820
   .......... (5) X Agius Sicluna (Malta)*c1850
   .......... (5) Francesca Agius Sicluna (Malta)*c1850
   .......... (5) Maria Carmela Agius Sicluna (Malta)*c1850
   .......... (5) Giovani Agius Sicluna (Malta)*c1850
               =  1885 Katarina Camilleri *c1860
   .......... (5) Maria Agius Sicluna (Malta)*c1855
               =  1872 Antonio? Borg *a1855
         .... (2) Lorenzo Felix Raymundo Sicluna Fenech (Ghaxaq)*1775 +a1844
               =  Margarita Caruana Capello (San Juan, Alicante)*c1784 +1852 (Xativa)
       ...... (3) Jose Sicluna Caruana --maestro--(Muro, Alicante) *c1805 +1864
               =  Xativa 1860. Joaquina Caparros García (Aspe)*c1816 +d1864
       ...... (3) Dolores Sicluna Caruana (Muro, Alicante)*c1807 +1892
               =  Bautista Soase *c1810 +a1892
       ...... (3) Fernando Sicluna Caruana (Muro, Alicante)*1811 +1882
               =  1840 Antonia Fernandez Tenorio (La Calahorra,Granada) *c1820 +c1877
               =  1857 Mª Josefa San Martín Alvarez *c1830 +d1885
     ........ (4) Enrique Sicluna Fernandez de Alvarado (La Calahorra, Granada)*a1850 +c1905
               =  Angustias Burgos Torrens (Granada)*c1850 +a1883
               =  1884 Carmen De la Cuesta Burgos *c1850 +1890
   .......... (5) Maria Sicluna Burgos (Granada)*1875
               =  Emilio Gonzalez Pola *c1870
   .......... (5) Enrique Sicluna Burgos (San Fernando, Cadiz)*1876 +1936
               =  c1919 Mari Luz Rodriguez Perez *1882 +1954
   .......... (5) Fernando Sicluna Burgos (San Fernando, Cadiz)*1878 +1925
               =  1903 Rosario Isabel Bueno Elosua *c1880 +d1951
   .......... (5) Ana Maria Sicluna Burgos (San Fernando, Cadiz)*1881 +d1951
               =  Julio Gonzalez Pola *c1880
   .......... (5) Josefa Sicluna De la Cuesta *1885 +1889, (su madre es: Carmen De la Cuesta Burgos)
       ...... (3) Salvador Sicluna Caruana --propietario-- (Muro, Alicante)*c1812 +d1885
       ...... (3) Gabriel Sicluna Caruana (Murio, Alicante)*c1815 +d1854
       ...... (3) Miguel Sicluna Caruana (Muro, Alicante)*c1816 +1855
               =  Xativa (13-1-1844) Ramona Sanz Masip (Xativa, Valencia)*1810 +1889
     ........ (4) Nicomedes Micaela Sicluna Sanz (Xativa)*1846 +1918
               =  1879 Peregrin Blasco Gisbert --escriviente-- *1845 +d1895
     ........ (4) Salvador Sicluna Sanz (Xativa)*c1847 +d1876
     ........ (4) Ricardo Sicluna Sanz (Xativa)*1848 +1924
               =  Concepcion Martinez Codina (Xativa)*1852
   .......... (5) Clotilde Sicluna Martinez (Xativa)*c1873 +1926
               =  a1919 Eliseo Ramon Segarra (Xativa)*c1880 +1935
   .......... (5) Ricardo Miguel Sicluna Martinez --comerciante-- (Xativa)*1876 +1936
               =  1902 Concepcion Gironès Codina (Xativa)*c1876 +1946
   .......... (5) Manuel Sicluna Martinez (Xativa)*1878 +1881
   .......... (5) Nicomedes Sicluna Martinez *1880 +1883
   .......... (5) Pura Sicluna Martinez (Xativa)*c1883 +1911
               =  d1903 Eliseo Ramon Segarra (Xativa)*c1880 +1935
   .......... (5) Dolores Sicluna Martinez (Xativa)*c1887 +1972
               =  1909 Vicente Masiá Escuder *c1885 +1918
   .......... (5) Nieves Sicluna Martinez (Xativa)*1889 +1889
   .......... (5) Ramiro Sicluna Martinez (Xativa)*1893 +1959
               =  Mercedes Hortelano Rodrigo (Cuenca)*1889 +1969
     ........ (4) Auristela Sicluna Sanz (Xativa)*1849?
       ...... (3) Ana Maria Sicluna Caruana (Muro,Alicante)*c1817 +1902
               =  1853 Tomas Benito Llagaria Capillades (Xativa)*c1828 +1889
     ........ (4) Eduardo Llagaria Sicluna (Xativa)*1854
     ........ (4) Maria Llagaria Sicluna (Xativa)*1859
     ........ (4) Carolina Llagaria Sicluna (Xativa)*c1860 +1907
               =  Jose Bolinches Perelló (Xativa)*c1861
   .......... (5) Ana Bolinches Llagaria (Xativa)*1892 +a1970
               =  1923 Ignacio Sipan Climent *1892
   .......... (5) Jose Bolinches Llagaria (Xativa)*c1893 +a1970
       ...... (3) Vicente Sicluna Caruana (Muro, Alicante)*c1820 +1897
               =  c1858 Rosario Hernandez Balader (Valencia)*c1820 +a1895
     ........ (4) Rosario Sicluna Hernandez *c1854 +1895(Serra)
     ........ (4) Desamparados Sicluna Hernandez *c1856 +c1928
               =  Salvador Machi Doria (Almusafes)*c1848 +1933
   .......... (5) Amparo Machi Sicluna (Almusafes)*c1880
               =  Francisco Torromé Juan --hornero-- *c1880
   .......... (5) Vicente Machi Sicluna --musico-- (Almusafes)*c1880
               =  Amparo Bori --cantante-- *c1880
   .......... (5) Salvador Machi Sicluna (Almusafes)*c1880 

  ........ (4) Beato Vicente Jose Mª Sicluna Hernandez (Valencia)*1859 +1936
         .... (2) Salvador Nicolas Scicluna Fenech (Malta)*1779 +1850