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Tomas Sitjar Fortiá

BlessedFull write-upSpainSociety of Jesus

Born

1866

Died

1936

Beatified

—

not on record

Canonised

—

not yet

Who they were

In the city of Gandía in the same territory, Blessed Tomas Sitjar Fortiá, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who in the same persecution shed his blood for Christ.

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 19 August as a Jesuit priest martyred at Gandía.

The cause

Tomas Sitjar Fortiá has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Jesuits: Blessed Tomas Sitjar Fortiá.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. Reporting one begins with the postulation.

Sources

Roman Martyrology, 19 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
Wikidata Q16610952 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.