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Francisco Morales Aballe
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
1937
Beatified
13 December 2025
by Leo XIV
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Francisco Morales Aballe was a diocesan priest, born at Jaén on 4 October 1871 and parish priest of San Juan in Jaén, who was killed on 3 April 1937 at the age of 66. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed on 3 April 1937 while serving as parish priest of San Juan in Jaén.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata R0f634c33 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.