María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga
Who they were
During the Spanish Civil War Catholic people faced persecution from the Republican faction of the war, in part due to their support of the nationalists and the recently abolished monarchy. The Catholic Church venerates them as martyrs. More than 6,800 clerics and other Catholic people were killed in what has been dubbed the Red Terror. As of December 2025, 2,255 Spanish martyrs have been beatified; 11 of them being canonized. For some 2,000 additional martyrs, the beatification process is underway.
Summary of the Wikipedia article Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, which covers María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
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The cause
María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Catholic Action saints foundation: Blessed María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga.
Connected on this site
- Octavia Iglesias Blanco Blessed“When the Spanish Civil War began, she trained as a Red Cross volunteer nurse with her cousin María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga and their friend Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez, and on 8 October 1936 the three reached the hospital at Somiedo in Asturias, a strategically placed town on the front line, where they cared for…” — this site's research
- Olga Pérez- Monteserín Núñez Blessed“When the Spanish Civil War broke out, she trained as a Red Cross volunteer nurse together with her friends María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga and Octavia Iglesias Blanco, and in October 1936 the three were sent to the small hospital at Somiedo in Asturias.” — this site's research
- Santi, beati e testimoni - BeataMaria Pilar Gullón Yturriaga — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: BeataMaria Pilar Gullón Yturriaga - Giovane laica e martire | Madrid, Spagna, 29 maggio 1911 – Pola de Somiedo, Spagna, 28 ottobre 1936.
- Wikidata Q107011498 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
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