On the night before his martyrdom, 21-year-old Bl. Bartolome Blanco Marquez wrote this love letter to his girlfriend...

A 21-year-old layman from Spain, Blessed Bartolome Blanco
Marquez, was beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 as one of
hundreds of martyrs during the persecution of the Catholic Church
during the Spanish Civil War. Here is part of his story, and the
love letter he wrote to his girlfriend.