Francisco Marcos del Río

Who they were

Francisco Marcos del Río was a priest, aged 62, named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso, ninety-seven Augustinian companions and six members of the secular clergy. He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Dicastery lists him among the martyrs of the cause of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso, ninety-seven Augustinian companions and six members of the secular clergy.

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  “Francisco Marcos del Río was a priest, aged 62, named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso, ninety-seven Augustinian companions and six members of the secular clergy.” — this site's research