Olga Pérez- Monteserín Núñez
Who they were
Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez was born in Paris in 1913 to a Catholic but not especially devout family, who raised her and her two siblings with a love of art and beauty. At seven she moved with her family to Astorga in Spain. 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.
When militia forces attacked and occupied the hospital on 27 October 1936, Olga and her companions chose to stay with the wounded rather than flee. They were arrested and tortured through the night for openly showing their faith, and refused to renounce God or Spain. On 28 October 1936 the three nurses were shot in a field outside Pola de Somiedo; Olga was twenty-three. She was beatified on 29 May 2021 under Pope Francis, and her remains are venerated in the cathedral of Santa María in Astorga.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Red Cross volunteer nurse shot with two companions on 28 October 1936 for refusing to renounce her faith during the Spanish Civil War; beatified 29 May 2021.
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
- María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga 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
- Octavia Iglesias Blanco 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 (santiebeati.it) - Beata Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez
- Wikidata Q107011544 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.