Nicolás Campo Jiménez
Claretian brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Born at Salvatierra in Álava on 5 March 1920, he made his religious profession as a coadjutor brother on 11 June 1936 and was killed at Cervera on 19 October of the same year. Pope Francis beatified him among the Claretian martyrs of Spain on 21 October 2017.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that he was killed at Cervera on 19 October 1936, at the age of sixteen.
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 110 (2018), p. 1235 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 109-martiri-spagnoli-clarettiani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 21 October 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.