Néstor Eugenio Ortega Villamudrio
Marist Brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Néstor Eugenio Ortega Villamudrio, named Ctesiphons in the world by the decree, was born at Arlanzón near Burgos on 10 April 1912, made his religious vows on 8 September 1931 and died a martyr on 2 January 1937 at the place the decree names in Latin as Blendium. He was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Marist Brother put to death at the start of 1937.
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 106 (2014), p. 54 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.