Ángel Alonso Escribano
Diocesan priest of the Fraternity of Diocesan Worker Priests, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Ángel Alonso Escribano was born on 18 January 1897 in the village of Valdunciel, in the province and diocese of Salamanca, was ordained priest in 1921 and belonged to the Fraternity of Diocesan Worker Priests.
He was killed at Barranco del Chisme, near the town of Enix in the province of Almería on 30 August 1936, and was beatified on 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis, among the companions of José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis records that he was killed at Barranco del Chisme, near the town of Enix in the province of Almería on 30 August 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.
Connected on this site
- José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre Blessed“He was killed at Barranco del Chisme, near the town of Enix in the province of Almería on 30 August 1936, and was beatified on 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis, among the companions of José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 109 (2017), p. 1123 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 25 March 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.