Abelardo García Palacios
Claretian religious, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The Dicastery's list records Abelardo García Palacios, a Claretian, as born at Villandiego in Burgos on 3 October 1913 and put to death on 28 July 1936. He is one of the 522 Spanish martyrs beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Claretian of Burgos killed in the summer of 1936.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 522-martiri-spagnoli
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.