Amalia Abad Casasempere
Spanish Catholic martyr
Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Amalia Abad Casasempere was a laywoman of the archdiocese of Valencia, a widowed mother of a family. She was killed on 28 September 1936, aged 38.
She is one of 74 martyrs of Valencia, priests and lay men and women, whom Pope John Paul II beatified in Rome on 11 March 2001 among José Aparicio Sanz and 232 companions.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A widowed mother killed for her faith in 1936, one of the lay martyrs of Valencia beatified in 2001.
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.
Connected on this site
- José Aparicio Sanz Blessed“She is one of 74 martyrs of Valencia, priests and lay men and women, whom Pope John Paul II beatified in Rome on 11 March 2001 among José Aparicio Sanz and 232 companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 93 (2001), pp. 489-495 - Decree on the martyrdom of José Aparicio Sanz and 73 companions, 18 December 2000
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 94 (2002), pp. 255-256 - Apostolic Letter beatifying José Aparicio Sanz and 73 companions, 11 March 2001
- Wikidata Q11685546 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Amalia Abad Casasempere (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.