Eufrasio de Celis
Passionist religious and martyr
Feast: 23 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Ciudad Real in Spain, the blessed martyrs Ildefonso García and Justiniano Cuesta, priests, and Eufrasio de Celis, Honorino Carracedo, Tomás Cuartero and José María Cuartero, religious, of the Congregation of the Passion, who, during the persecution against religion, were shot for Christ and for the Church.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 October as a religious of the Congregation of the Passion shot at Ciudad Real during the persecution against religion.
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
- Honorino Carracedo Blessed“At Ciudad Real in Spain, the blessed martyrs Ildefonso García and Justiniano Cuesta, priests, and Eufrasio de Celis, Honorino Carracedo, Tomás Cuartero and José María Cuartero, religious, of the Congregation of the Passion, who, during the persecution against religion, were shot for Christ and for the Church.” — this site's research
- Ildefonso García Blessed“At Ciudad Real in Spain, the blessed martyrs Ildefonso García and Justiniano Cuesta, priests, and Eufrasio de Celis, Honorino Carracedo, Tomás Cuartero and José María Cuartero, religious, of the Congregation of the Passion, who, during the persecution against religion, were shot for Christ and for the Church.” — this site's research
- José María Cuartero Gascón Blessed“At Ciudad Real in Spain, Blessed martyrs Ildefonso García and Justinian Cuesta, priests, and Eufrasio de Celis, Honorino Carracedo, Thomas Cuartero and Joseph Mary Cuartero, religious, of the Congregation of the Passion, who, during the persecution against religion, were shot for Christ and for the Church.” — this site's research
- Justiniano Cuesta Blessed“At Ciudad Real in Spain, the blessed martyrs Ildefonso García and Justiniano Cuesta, priests, and Eufrasio de Celis, Honorino Carracedo, Tomás Cuartero and José María Cuartero, religious, of the Congregation of the Passion, who, during the persecution against religion, were shot for Christ and for the Church.” — this site's research
- Tomás Cuartero Gascón Blessed“At Ciudad Real in Spain, Blessed martyrs Ildefonso García and Justinian Cuesta, priests, and Eufrasio de Celis, Honorino Carracedo, Thomas Cuartero and Joseph Mary Cuartero, religious, of the Congregation of the Passion, who, during the persecution against religion, were shot for Christ and for the Church.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.