Julián Navío Colado
Spanish Franciscan, historian, martyr, blessed (1904–1936)
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Julián Navío Colado was one of five Franciscan priests of the Province of Castilla, killed with their guardian Fray Víctor Chumillas Fernández and fourteen theology students of their community during the religious persecution in Spain. He was shot with the others at Boca de Balondillo, near Fuente del Fresno (Ciudad Real), on 16 August 1936.
He was beatified with his twenty companions on 28 October 2007, by José Saraiva Martins acting as the delegate of Pope Benedict XVI. The group's feast is kept on 16 August, especially in the Franciscan Province of Castilla.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of five Franciscan priests shot with fifteen companions at Boca de Balondillo on 16 August 1936; beatified 28 October 2007.
The cause
Julián Navío Colado has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Franciscans: Blessed Julian Navio Colado and his companions.
Connected on this site
- Francis of Assisi Saint Influenced them
- Víctor Chumillas Blessed“Julián Navío Colado was one of five Franciscan priests of the Province of Castilla, killed with their guardian Fray Víctor Chumillas Fernández and fourteen theology students of their community during the religious persecution in Spain.” — this site's research
- Santi, beati e testimoni (santiebeati.it) - Beati Vittorio Chumillas Fernàndez e 19 compagni
- Wikidata Q124662010 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.