Sep 13, 2005 / 22:00 pm
Father Eugenio Laguarda, known as "the resurrected priest" for having survived an attempted execution during the religious persecution in Spain, died this week at the age of 94 in Valencia, where he was laid to rest.
According to the AVAN news agency, Father Eugenio Laguarda died at his home in Bonrepos, where he had been residing after "retiring from all activities" and after working for 28 years as a pastor in the town of Villar and as chaplain at the Arau de Vilalona Hospital.
Father Laguarda was known as "the resurrected priest" for having survived torture and a gunshot wound to the head during the Spanish Civil War.
In 1936, while traveling to Valencia disguised as a mechanic, he was detained after identifying himself as a priest.