Perfecto Carrascosa Santos
Franciscan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Perfecto Carrascosa Santos was born on 18 April 1906 at Villacañas near Toledo, taught physics in the seminary at Pastrana and was then elected secretary of his province; seized and tortured so that he would speak against the faith, he refused to betray Christ and was killed on 17 October 1936, having first heard the confessions of his companions in martyrdom. He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI among the martyrs of the cause of Víctor Chumillas Fernández and twenty-one companions of the Order of Friars Minor.
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 tortured to make him speak against the faith and refused to betray 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.
Connected on this site
- Víctor Chumillas Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI among the martyrs of the cause of Víctor Chumillas Fernández and twenty-one companions of the Order of Friars Minor.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 179 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.