Hilario Eugenio Cuesta Padierna
Religious, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
A religious named in the decree on martyrdom, who was twenty-four years old when he was killed at Palamós on 13 August 1936.
He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, in the cause of Lucas de San José, Leonardo José, Apolonia Lizarraga del Santísimo Sacramento and their companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom names him among the Servants of God killed in Catalonia in 1936.
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
- Apolonia Lizarraga del Santísimo Sacramento Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, in the cause of Lucas de San José, Leonardo José, Apolonia Lizarraga del Santísimo Sacramento and their companions.” — this site's research
- Leonardo José Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, in the cause of Lucas de San José, Leonardo José, Apolonia Lizarraga del Santísimo Sacramento and their companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 97 (2005), p. 17 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.