Pascual Fortuño Almela
Franciscan priest and martyr at Villa Real
Feast: 8 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Villa Real in the territory of Castellón de la Plana, again in Spain, Blessed Pascual Fortuño Almela, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who for bearing witness to Christ was crowned with martyrdom.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 8 September as a priest of the Order of Friars Minor crowned with martyrdom at Villa Real for bearing witness to Christ.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.