Caridad Álvarez Martín
Feast: 8 May (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The 19 martyrs of Algeria were a group of nineteen individuals slain in Algeria between 1994 and 1996 during the Algerian Civil War. They all were religious priests or religious sisters , including seven Trappist monks one was a bishop. Their nations of origin were France (15), French protectorate of Tunisia (1), Spain (2), and Belgium (1).
Summary of the Wikipedia article 19 martyrs of Algeria, which covers Caridad Álvarez Martín with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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
- Esther Paniagua Alonso Blessed“She was murdered in Algiers on October 23, 1994 with sister Caridad Álvarez Martín.” — Wikipedia
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 19 martiri d'Algeria — Augustinian Missionary killed in Algeria; one of the 19 martyrs beatified at Oran 8 December 2018.
- Wikidata Q48760956 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.