Enrique Cañal Gómez
Dominican priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Born at Corias in Asturias on 20 March 1869, he was spiritual director of the nuns at Santillana del Mar, Segovia and Valladolid, then moved to Madrid and afterwards to Las Caldas de Besaya, where he was spiritual director of the candidates and master of the cooperator brothers. He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI with Enrique Izquierdo Palacios and 13 companions of the Order of Preachers.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom names him among the Dominicans killed in the 1936 persecution in Spain.
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
- Enrique Izquierdo Palacios Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI with Enrique Izquierdo Palacios and 13 companions of the Order of Preachers.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 99 (2007), p. 519 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - enrique-izquierdo-palacios-e-13-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.