Federico Rubio Álvarez
Martyr of Spain
Feast: 20 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Federico (Carlos) Rubio Álvarez was a priest of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God.
He was killed with three companions at Talavera de la Reina on 25 July 1936, one of 71 Hospitaller Brothers martyred during the Spanish Civil War, who died forgiving their enemies.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Hospitaller priest killed in 1936, forgiving his enemies.
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
- John of God Saint“Federico (Carlos) Rubio Álvarez was a priest of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Federico Rubio Álvarez
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 25 October 1992
- Wikidata Q24451647 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.