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Facundo Fernández Rodríguez

Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1936

Beatified

25 March 2017

by Francis

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Facundo Fernández Rodríguez was born on 12 January 1869 at Válor, in the province and archdiocese of Granada, and was ordained priest in 1897.

He was killed on 4 September 1936 in the cemetery of Berja, in the province of Almería, and Pope Francis beatified him on 25 March 2017 among José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre and 114 companions, diocesan priests and lay faithful killed between 1936 and 1938.

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 on 4 September 1936 in the cemetery of Berja, in the province of Almería 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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Connected on this site

José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre Blessed
“He was killed on 4 September 1936 in the cemetery of Berja, in the province of Almería, and Pope Francis beatified him on 25 March 2017 among José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre and 114 companions, diocesan priests and lay faithful killed between 1936 and 1938.” — this site's research

Sources

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