Adolfo de Esteban Rada
Claretian student for the priesthood, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Adolfo de Esteban Rada, born at Berbinzana in Navarre on 28 September 1912, made his religious profession in the Congregation of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (the Claretians) on 1 September 1928.
While he was preparing to receive holy orders he was killed at Barcelona on 31 July 1936, and Pope Francis beatified him with his companions on 21 October 2017.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that he was killed at Barcelona on 31 July 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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 110 (2018), p. 1223 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 109-martiri-spagnoli-clarettiani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 21 October 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.