Gregorio Zugasti Fernández de Esquide
Redemptorist brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Gregorio Zugasti Fernández de Esquide was born at Murillo de Yerri in Navarre on 12 March 1884 and professed his vows in 1912. He lived all his life in the Perpetual Help community in Madrid, working in the congregation's printing house, and suffered martyrdom on 16 August 1936; Pope Francis beatified him on 22 October 2022.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He refused to leave the elderly Nicesio Pérez del Palomar Quincoces and died with him.
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
- Nicesio Pérez del Palomar Quincoces Blessed“He refused to leave the elderly Nicesio Pérez del Palomar Quincoces and died with him.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 114 (2022), p. 772 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 22 October 2022
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.