Nicesio Pérez del Palomar Quincoces
Redemptorist brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Nicesio Pérez del Palomar Quincoces was born at Tuesta in Álava on 2 April 1859 and professed in 1891. In the communities where he lived he worked as a carpenter, a farmer, a beekeeper and a builder; elderly and nearly blind, he was seized on 14 August 1936 and killed two days later, and Pope Francis beatified him on 22 October 2022.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He had a firm, strong nature strengthened by faith and by care for the interior life.
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.
Connected on this site
- Gregorio Zugasti Fernández de Esquide Blessed“He refused to leave the elderly Nicesio Pérez del Palomar Quincoces and died with him.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 114 (2022), p. 772 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 22 October 2022
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.