Francisco Franco

Francisco Franco was dictator of Spain and supporter of the Nazis. His mother was Roman Catholic and he attended a private school run by a Catholic priest. Franco was rewarded the Supreme Order of Christ by Pope Pius XII. Franco's regime essentially tolerated only the Catholic religion, and Catholicism was imposed on the Spanish population. He died in 1975 and was placed in the Valle de los Caídos (Valley of the Fallen), a Catholic basilica, which was conceived by Franco.