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Francis Serrano
Spanish Dominican, missionary, martyr, Catholic saint
SaintFull write-upSpainDominican OrderDocumented cause
Feast: 9 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1695
Died
1748
Beatified
14 May 1893
unverified
Canonised
1 October 2000
unverified
Who they were
In Fujian in China, the holy martyrs Francis Serrano, bishop, and Joachim Royo, John Alcober and Francis Díaz del Rincón, priests of the Order of Preachers, who confirmed the same faith by facing the same martyrdom.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 28 October as a Dominican bishop martyred in Fujian with three priests of his order.
Connected on this site
- 120 martyrs of China Saint honoured together
- Francis Diaz Saint“In Fujian in China, the holy martyrs Francis Serrano, bishop, and Joachim Royo, John Alcober and Francis Díaz del Rincón, priests of the Order of Preachers, who confirmed the same faith by facing the same martyrdom.” — this site's research
- Joaquín Royo Pérez Saint“In Fujian in China, the holy martyrs Francis Serrano, bishop, and Joachim Royo, John Alcober and Francis Díaz del Rincón, priests of the Order of Preachers, who confirmed the same faith by facing the same martyrdom.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 28 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q4417821 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Francis Serrano (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.