Blessed Ceferino Giménez Malla
Martyr (
1936 Anno Domini A.D.) Feast: 4 May
Saints Who Were Imprisoned
Ceferino was born into a tribe of the Romani people. The family moved from village to village in Spain & southern France 
selling baskets 
& trading cattle 
Skilled with animals, he was an excellent horseman 
& could ride standing up. He built a successful horse-trading enterprise &was known for his goodness & honesty
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Part of Ceferino 's success came when he encountered a man coughing up blood 🗣️ 🩸 . Many others fled, fearful of catching tuberculosis 
but Ceferino helped the man return to his home. The man's grateful family rewarded Ceferino with money 
that enabled him to establish his business. But Ceferino was so generous, giving away his large fortune to those in need, that he later became quite poor.
Widowed in A.D. 1922, Ceferino joined the 3rd Order of Saint Francis . Unable to read, he still taught catechism 
providing the children with stories of Jesus 
& pieces of chocolate 
As the Spanish Civil War saw anti-Catholicism embedded in law, Ceferino tried to prevent the arrest of a priest. Asked if had a weapon, he showed the soldiers his rosary: "Only this."
Ceferino was taken to prison where he was advised to stop praying the rosary 🛑 
. For him that was tantamount to denying his faith, & he refused. He was executed on August 9, 1936 A.D. 
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Compassionate Father, grant that we, like Blessed Ceferino , may cling to the rosary as a weapon against the darkness of evil 
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