Rafael Calatrava Ros
Layman, lawyer and night adorer, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Rafael Calatrava Ros was born on 19 January 1892 at Almería, and was a layman, a lawyer and a night adorer.
He was killed at Pozo de Cantavieja on 25 September 1936, and was beatified on 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis, among the companions of José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom in the Acta Apostolicae Sedis records that he was killed at Pozo de Cantavieja on 25 September 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.
Connected on this site
- José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre Blessed“He was killed at Pozo de Cantavieja on 25 September 1936, and was beatified on 25 March 2017 by Pope Francis, among the companions of José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 109 (2017), p. 1123 - decree on martyrdom
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 110 (2018), p. 11 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 25 March 2017
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.