Feliciano Benito Anaya
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| Born | 1896 Tabladillo, Segovia,  Spain |
| Died | October 26, 1940(1940-10-26) (aged 43–44) Guadalajara,  Spain |
| Buried |
Guadalajara cemetery
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| Allegiance |  CNT |
| Service | Confederal militias (1936–1937), Spanish Republican Army (1937–1939) |
| Years of service | 1936–1939 |
| Unit | IV Army Corps (1937–1939) |
| Battles/wars | Spanish Civil War: |
Feliciano Benito Anaya (c. 1896–1940) was a Spanish anarcho-syndicalist.
Born around 1896 in the Segovian town of Tabladillo, some time later he moved to Madrid, where he worked as a carpenter. At an early age he joined the National Confederation of Labor (Spanish: Confederación Nacional del Trabajo, CNT). Known as «Father Benito»,[1] he was part of the «Los Libertos» group of the Ateneo de Divulgación Social.[2]
After the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War he joined the confederal militias. He came to command a column that received his name and that operated on the Guadalajara-Sigüenza front.[3] In the fall of 1936 he participated in the Battle of Sigüenza, although its forces were unable to defend the city from the nationalist assault. He also became a military commander of Tarancón.[4] Later he became part of the political commissariat of the People's Army of the Republic.[5] He came to serve as political commissar of the IV Army Corps,[6][1] on the Guadalajara front. In the last days of the war he was appointed as commissar of the Central Army.[7]
Captured by the nationalists, he was shot on 26 October 1940 in the Guadalajara cemetery.
