Obdulia Puchol Merino
Laywoman, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Obdulia Puchol Merino was a laywoman, born at Martos on 2 May 1900 and sister-in-law of the priest Francisco Raimundo Martínez Baeza, who was killed on 8 December 1936 at the age of 36 after an attempt to violate her. She was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed on 8 December 1936, after an attempt to violate her, as a Catholic laywoman of Martos.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.