Cecilia Iglesias del Campo
Daughter of the House of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom lists her among the Daughters of the House of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity and says that she too belonged to the Madrid community. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Named in the decree on martyrdom among Manuela del Corazón de Jesús and twenty-two companions of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity killed in Spain in 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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 99 (2007), p. 624 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.