Ángel de Tena Martín
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Ángel de Tena Martín was a diocesan priest, born on 9 September 1883, and served as a parish vicar.
The decree on martyrdom records that he was put to death on 25 August 1936, one of Juan Elías Medina and his 126 companions who died between 1936 and 1939; Pope Francis beatified the group on 16 October 2021.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Holy See’s decree on martyrdom names him among the 127 martyrs of the cause of Juan Elías Medina and companions, put to death in Spain between 1936 and 1939.
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
- Juan Elías Medina Blessed“The decree on martyrdom records that he was put to death on 25 August 1936, one of Juan Elías Medina and his 126 companions who died between 1936 and 1939; Pope Francis beatified the group on 16 October 2021.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 113 (2021), p. 853 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 16 October 2021
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.