Gaudencio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Gaudencio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla, in the world Benedictus, was the brother of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and one of the community based at Ciempozuelos; he was born on 16 April 1882 at Dallo in Alava, Spain, and gave himself to God by perpetual vows in the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 12 March 1905. He was arrested at Madrid and killed on 1 August 1936 at Valdemoro, not far from the city, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He and his own brother both died in the same persecution, in the Order they had entered together.
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“Gaudencio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla, in the world Benedictus, was the brother of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and one of the community based at Ciempozuelos; he was born on 16 April 1882 at Dallo in Alava, Spain, and gave himself to God by perpetual vows in the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 12 March…” — this site's research
- Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla Blessed“Gaudencio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla, in the world Benedictus, was the brother of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and one of the community based at Ciempozuelos; he was born on 16 April 1882 at Dallo in Alava, Spain, and gave himself to God by perpetual vows in the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 12 March…” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 506 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.