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Enrique García Beltrán
BlessedResearchedSpainOrder of Friars Minor Capuchin
Feast: 16 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1913
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Benicasim near Castellón de la Plana, also in Spain, Blessed Enrique García Beltrán, deacon of the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin and martyr, who through martyrdom was made a sharer in the victory of 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 16 August as a Capuchin deacon martyred at Benicasim.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 16 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q14918043 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.