Perfecto de Dios Fernández, Anti-Francoist Guerrilla from Sandiás
Perfecto de Dios Fernández (Sandiás, 1931 – Chaherrero, Ávila, 1950) was a Galician anti-Francoist guerrilla, a member of Juan Sorga's group; he died aged 19 in a shootout with the Civil Guard and his remains returned to Ourense in 2014.
- Born
- Sandiás, 1931
- Death
- Chaherrero (Crespos, Ávila), 16 May 1950
- Family
- son of Carmen Fernández Seguín; brother of Camilo
- Exhumation
- 19 July 2014
Perfecto de Dios Fernández was born in Sandiás in 1931 and died in Chaherrero (Crespos, Ávila) on 16 May 1950, aged 19. He was a Galician anti-Francoist guerrilla [1].
Family and guerrilla war
His mother, Carmen Fernández Seguín, had acted as a liaison for the anti-Francoist opposition after the 1936 coup, his father had been on the run in the hills and his brother Camilo, who began acting as a liaison at thirteen and joined the armed struggle in 1948, was arrested in 1949. Perfecto was part of Juan Sorga’s group and, from October 1948, the group tried to reach France [1]. See The anti-Francoist guerrilla in A Limia.
Death at Chaherrero
On 16 May 1950, a Civil Guard pair surprised the group at Chaherrero; Perfecto stopped, threw himself into a ditch and returned fire, and died in the shootout; his mother was arrested and tried in Ourense, sentenced to thirty years. He was buried in a pit outside the Catholic cemetery [1][2].
Exhumation
The Association for the Recovery of Historical Memory exhumed his remains at Chaherrero on 19 July 2014 to bring them to Ourense, 64 years after his death, thanks to a donation from a Norwegian trade union [1][2].
Links
Sources
- «Perfecto de Dios Fernández», Galipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfecto_de_Dios_Fernández
- Edelmiro Martínez Cerredelo, «A morte do guerrilleiro Perfecto Dios en Chaherrero (Ávila) e nova fuga de Xoán Sorga», Historia de Xinzo, 17-07-2014. https://historiadexinzo.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/a-morte-do-guerrilleiro-perfecto-dios-en-chaherrero-avila-e-nova-fuga-de-xoan-sorga/
You may also like
Notable personOlimpia Valencia López, the First Woman in Galicia to Graduate in MedicineBorn in Baltar in 1898, Olimpia Valencia was the first Galician woman to graduate in Medicine (1925) and in 1928 opened a general medicine…
People of A LimiaHistorical Figures of A Limia: A TimelineTimeline of historical figures linked to A Limia, from Roman times to the 20th century: Limicians of Rome, Hidatius, counts, medieval…
People of A LimiaPoliticians and Public Officials of A LimiaDirectory of people from A Limia who held public office: Restoration-era deputies for the Xinzo district, Galician parliamentarians,…
Notable personInés de Castro, the Queen Tradition Says Was Born in A LimiaInés de Castro (c. 1320 – Coimbra, 1355), natural daughter of a Galician nobleman, loved Prince Pedro of Portugal, was executed on Afonso…
Notable personMartín de Ginzo, the Minstrel of Xinzo de Limia Who Sang the PilgrimageMartín de Ginzo was a 13th-century Galician minstrel, born in Xinzo de Limia, of whom eight cantigas de amigo survive, seven of them…
Notable personMarcus Flavius Sabinus, the Limician Who Became a Priest of the Imperial CultMarcus Flavius Sabinus, of the Civitas Limicorum, was duumvir of his city and provincial flamen of Hispania Citerior in the 2nd century; he…
