Primitivo Berrocoso Maíllo
Claretian student, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Primitivo Berrocoso Maíllo was born on 19 February 1913 at Jerte, in the province of Caceres, and made his first religious profession as a Claretian on 15 August 1930. The Dicastery's list of the Spanish martyrs records his death on 28 July 1936, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was twenty-three years old when he was killed on 28 July 1936.
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 103 (2011), p. 553 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 522-martiri-spagnoli
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.