Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal
Seminarian of Oviedo, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Born at Lastres on 1 June 1910, he worked from boyhood to support his large family, entered the minor seminary of Valdediós in 1923 and then the major seminary of Oviedo; though his family and friends urged him not to return after the proclamation of the Second Republic, he went back for his fifth year of theology and was seized and killed with five other seminarians. Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.
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 chose to return to the seminary although warned not to, and was killed with five fellow students.
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
- César Gonzalo Zurro Fanjul Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.” — this site's research
- Jesús Prieto López Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.” — this site's research
- José María Fernández Martínez Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.” — this site's research
- Juan José Castañón Fernández Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.” — this site's research
- Luis Prado García Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.” — this site's research
- Manuel Olay Colunga Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.” — this site's research
- Mariano Suárez Fernández Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.” — this site's research
- Sixto Alonso Hevia Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him with Ángel Cuartas Cristóbal and his eight companions on 9 March 2019.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 111 (2019), p. 1800 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 9 March 2019
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.