Marciano José Filomeno López

Marciano José, FSC (born Filomeno López López, 15 November 1900 – 9 October 1934) was a religious of the De La Salle Brothers and one of the Martyrs of Turon. He was canonized by Pope John Paul II on 21 November 1999.

Life Lopez was born in El Pedregal in Guadalajara. When he was about twelve, he entered the juniorate of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. An infection cost him his hearing, so he returned home to tend sheep.

He returned, and became a novice in 1916. No longer preparing to be a teacher, he was put in charge of the clothes closet, cleaning of the church, cooking, and other manual work. He made his final profession in 1925, taking the name "Marciano José". He had a variety of assignments in communities in Santander, Valladolid, Vizcaya and Asturias. Marciano José was working in Mieres in 1934 when he volunteered to take the place of a brother who hesitated to go to Turon because of political and social tensions there.

He was killed in 1934 in the Asturian town of Turón during the Asturias revolt. At the time, religious education was suppressed, which forced the Brothers of La Salle to change their clothes and pose as peasants. Marciano José took the position of a cook at the School of Our Lady of Covadonga, since the position was abandoned by the previous cook due to the revolution.