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Marist Brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain; in the world Ioannes Núñez Casado
Who they were
A Brother of the Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools, in the world Ioannes Núñez Casado, who was twenty-eight years old when he died in the persecution in Spain in 1936.
He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among the forty-four companions of Laurentinus and Vergilius of the Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools whose martyrdom the decree records.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom found that he and his companions were killed for their own faithfulness to Christ.
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 99 (2007), p. 26 - 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.