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26 Facts About Thomasian Martyrs

1.

Thomasian Martyrs became professor and acting rector of the University of Santo Tomas.

2.

Thomasian Martyrs became Lecturer of Arts at the University of Santo Tomas.

3.

Thomasian Martyrs went to the Philippines and sought admission to the Dominican Order.

4.

Thomasian Martyrs studied philosophy at the University of Santo Tomas.

5.

Thomasian Martyrs joined the Order at the age of 17.

6.

Thomasian Martyrs became prior of the Community in Avignon, France.

7.

Thomasian Martyrs became professor of theology at the University of Santo Tomas.

8.

Thomasian Martyrs completed his studies in the University of Santo Tomas and there became a professor of Humanities.

9.

Thomasian Martyrs went to Vietnam in 1790 where eventually he became bishop.

10.

Thomasian Martyrs secretly entered the Dominican Priory in Ocana, and in 1842, he received the Dominican habit.

11.

Thomasian Martyrs was a famous Latin scholar, theologian, and legal expert.

12.

Thomasian Martyrs completed his studies while teaching at the University of Santo Tomas.

13.

Thomasian Martyrs went to Manila, studied in the University of Santo Tomas, and was ordained in 1853.

14.

Thomasian Martyrs then traveled to the Philippines as a missionary assigned to the Dominican Province of Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary.

15.

Thomasian Martyrs was director of the UST published Catholic newspaper "Libertas".

16.

Thomasian Martyrs came back to Manila when in 1910, he was elected as the Prior Provincial of the Holy Rosary Province, a position he held for seven years.

17.

Thomasian Martyrs was taken to a place of torture, and in the morning of the following day, he was shot in Valdesenderin del Encinar.

18.

Thomasian Martyrs returned to Spain and was assigned to the Convent of Valencia.

19.

Thomasian Martyrs became professor of dogmatic theology and canon law in the same faculty.

20.

Thomasian Martyrs was secretary general from 1919 to 1921 and treasurer from 1929 to 1932.

21.

Thomasian Martyrs then became dean of the UST Faculty of Sacred Theology from 1932 to 1934.

22.

Thomasian Martyrs was brought to the place of torture and later on executed; the manner of which still remains a mystery.

23.

Thomasian Martyrs's father was the last mayor of Manila during the last years of the Spanish government that ended in 1898.

24.

Thomasian Martyrs went to Spain in 1896 for the purpose of making the necessary higher studies in preparation for a career.

25.

Thomasian Martyrs and was ordained to the priesthood on November 30,1910.

26.

Thomasian Martyrs had longed to go back as a missionary to the Philippines, his country of birth, but on August 17,1936, during the religious persecution in Spain.