Dorinda Sotelo Rodríguez
Daughter of Charity, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
A Daughter of Charity, she was born on 16 February 1915 at Lodoselo, near Ourense, and was killed at Tibidabo in Barcelona on 24 October 1936, the eve of the feast of Christ the King. Pope Francis beatified her with Vicente Queralt Lloret and his twenty companions on 11 November 2017.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that she was killed at Tibidabo in Barcelona on the eve of the feast of Christ the King.
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 110 (2018), p. 3 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - martiri-spagnoli-vincenziani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 November 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.