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Alvaro Sanjuán Canet
BlessedResearchedSpainSalesians of Don Bosco
Feast: 1 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1908
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Villena, likewise in the same territory, Blessed Alvaro Sanjuán Canet, priest of the Salesian Society and martyr, who in the same persecution attained the palm of victory after a bitter combat.
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 1 October as a Salesian priest martyred at Villena.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q20898340 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.