Teodosio Rafael
Brother of the Christian Schools, in the world Diodoro López Hernando, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Teodosio Rafael, in the world Diodoro López Hernando, was born on 27 October 1898 at Salguero de Juarros in the archdiocese of Burgos and entered the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 1912; he and three companions of the community at Consuegra in the archdiocese of Toledo followed the evangelical counsels and taught the young the Christian faith, and the decree on their martyrdom says that faith lit up their lives and their deaths.
He was beatified by Benedict XVI among the martyrs of Spain raised to the altars in October 2007.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom says that faith in Christ lit up his life and his death in the persecution in Spain.
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 Jorge Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, one of Teodosio Rafael and his three companions of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.” — this site's research
- Eustaquio Luis Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, one of Teodosio Rafael and his three companions of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 27 October 2007
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006) - decree on martyrdom
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 546 - 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.