Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez
Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the village of Agullent in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez, martyr, who, a father of a family, shed his blood for Christ during the persecution against the faith. Together with him is also commemorated the blessed martyr Carlos Díaz Gandía, who on this day in the same territory, fighting for the faith, attained eternal life.
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 11 August as a father of a family who shed his blood for Christ at Agullent.
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
- Carlos Díaz Gandía Blessed“In the village of Agullent in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez, martyr, who, a father of a family, shed his blood for Christ during the persecution against the faith.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 11 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11833563 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.