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José Martínez Torres

Layman, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1936

Beatified

13 December 2025

by Leo XIV

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

José Martínez Torres was a layman, born at Valdepeñas de Jaén on 18 March 1889 and married on 4 September 1924, who was killed on 11 September 1936 at the seventh kilometre of the road from Fuensanta de Martos to Los Villares. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

Killed on the road from Fuensanta de Martos to Los Villares on 11 September 1936 during the persecution in the diocese of Jaén.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.