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Carlos Díaz Gandía
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Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1907
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Agullent in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez, martyr, who, a father of a family, shed his blood for Christ during the persecution against the faith. Together with him is also commemorated the blessed martyr Carlos Díaz Gandía, who on this day in the same territory, fighting for the faith, attained eternal life.
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 11 August as a martyr who died fighting for the faith in the territory of Valencia.
Connected on this site
- Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez Blessed“In the village of Agullent in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Rafael Alonso Gutiérrez, martyr, who, a father of a family, shed his blood for Christ during the persecution against the faith.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11736010 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.