Hermenegildo de la Asunción
Spanish Catholic priest
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Hermenegildo dell'Assunzione (Hermenegildo Iza Aregita) was born at Mendata Albiz, Vizcaya, on 13 April 1879. He made his first vows at Algorta in 1895 and solemn vows in 1899, and was ordained priest at Seville in 1902 by the Blessed Marcelo Spinola. He served as superior of several Trinitarian houses, and from May 1936 of the community at Alcázar de San Juan; described as gentle, peaceable and prudent, he was known as a fine confessor and spiritual director, and when congratulated on his appointment as superior he answered, 'I have not come to be superior, but to be sacrificed.'
He was one of six Trinitarian religious of the Alcázar de San Juan community martyred together on 27 August 1936 during the Spanish Civil War. Declared martyrs by Pope Benedict XVI on 28 June 2012, the six were beatified on 13 October 2013 under Pope Francis; their remains rest in a chapel of their convent church.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Trinitarian priest and superior at Alcázar de San Juan, martyred with five confreres on 27 August 1936; beatified 13 October 2013.
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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni (santiebeati.it) - Beati Martiri Spagnoli Trinitari di Ciudad Real
- Wikidata Q19324459 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.