José María Vidal Segú
Dominican priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom records that he was born on 3 February 1912, made his religious profession in 1929 and was ordained priest on Holy Saturday 1936, and that in the following September he was arrested at Barcelona and after three days all trace of him was lost, so that no one ever knew where he was killed or buried. He was 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 says he disappeared three days after his arrest and that the place of his death and burial was never known.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 92 (2000), p. 16 - 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.