José María Zabal Blasco
Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the village of Picadero de Paterna in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed José María Zabal Blasco, martyr, who, a father of a family, during the persecution against the faith overcame the torments of martyrdom through fortitude in Christ.
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 8 December as a father of a family martyred in the persecution in Valencia.
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, 8 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11730902 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.