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Buenaventura de Miguel Arahal
Capuchin tertiary priest and martyr at Madrid
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Feast: 1 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Madrid in Spain, Blessed Buenaventura (José) de Miguel Arahal, priest of the Third Order of Capuchins of the Blessed Virgin of Sorrows and martyr, who during the persecution against the faith 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 1 August as a Capuchin tertiary priest who shed his blood for Christ at Madrid during the persecution against the faith.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata R2743c06a — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.