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Antonio Peral Bustos
Diocesan priest of Jaén, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
1936
Beatified
13 December 2025
by Leo XIV
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Antonio Peral Bustos was born at Cabra del Santo Cristo on 20 August 1905 and was assistant priest of Cabra del Santo Cristo. He was killed on 9 September 1936 at the age of thirty-one. Pope Leo XIV beatified him on 13 December 2025.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was put to death on 9 September 1936 in the persecution in Spain.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata R5f206467 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.