Joaquín Prats Baltueña
Dominican novice, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom records that he was born at Zaragoza on 5 March 1915 and entered the novitiate in October 1935. He was killed at Castelserás on 30 July 1936 and beatified on 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree names him among the Dominican novices killed in the persecution of 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
- José María Muro Sanmiguel Blessed“In the town of Castelserás near Teruel, also in Spain, Blessed martyrs José María Muro Sanmiguel, priest, Joaquín Prats Baltueña, religious, of the Order of Preachers, and Zósimo Izquierdo Gil, priest, who won the glorious reward for Christ during the same persecution against the faith.” — this site's research
- Zósimo Izquierdo Gil Blessed“In the town of Castelserás near Teruel, also in Spain, Blessed martyrs José María Muro Sanmiguel, priest, Joaquín Prats Baltueña, religious, of the Order of Preachers, and Zósimo Izquierdo Gil, priest, who won the glorious reward for Christ during the same persecution against the faith.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 92 (2000), p. 2 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 March 2001
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.