José Ample Alcaide
Spanish priest and Capuchin friar (1896-1936)
Feast: 28 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Near the village of Vinalesa, again in the same territory, Blessed Aurelio (José) Ample Alcaide, priest of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who, in the same period, won the glorious prize in the battle for the faith.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 28 August as a Capuchin priest martyred near Vinalesa.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 28 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2793791 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.