Amalia Abad Casasempere

Amalia Abad Casasempere (Alcoy, 11 December 1897 – Alcoy, 21 September 1936) was a Catholic woman killed during the Spanish Civil War, a widow and mother of two daughters, and very active in the service of the church. She hid two nuns in her house during the civil war. For this she was arrested and executed by the militia. She was one of 233 people beatified by Pope John Paul II on 11 March 2001, as martyrs of the Spanish Civil War (the name given by the Catholic Church to those killed by Republicans because of their faith).