José María Corbín Ferrer
Martir of Spain s. XX.
Feast: 27 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
José María Corbín Ferrer was a single layman of the archdiocese of Valencia. He was killed on 27 December 1936, aged 22.
He is one of 74 martyrs of Valencia, priests and lay men and women, whom Pope John Paul II beatified in Rome on 11 March 2001 among José Aparicio Sanz and 232 companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young layman killed for his faith in 1936, one of the lay martyrs of Valencia beatified in 2001.
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 Aparicio Sanz Blessed“He is one of 74 martyrs of Valencia, priests and lay men and women, whom Pope John Paul II beatified in Rome on 11 March 2001 among José Aparicio Sanz and 232 companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 93 (2001), pp. 489-495 - Decree on the martyrdom of José Aparicio Sanz and 73 companions, 18 December 2000
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 94 (2002), pp. 255-256 - Apostolic Letter beatifying José Aparicio Sanz and 73 companions, 11 March 2001
- Wikidata Q11730899 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.