Estanislao García Obeso
Dominican priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Born at Requejo in the city of Santander on 18 September 1875, he served as preacher, confessor and prior in several friaries, founded free schools in Madrid for workers' children and restored the friary and the basilica of Our Lady of Atocha; arrested at Oviedo in the revolution of October 1934, he was later imprisoned at Reinosa and killed in the Montes de Saja on 21 October 1936. 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 records that he was killed in the Montes de Saja on 21 October 1936 during the 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. 520 - 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.