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Francisco Palomares Vílchez
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
BlessedResearched
Born
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unknown
Died
1936
Beatified
13 December 2025
by Leo XIV
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Francisco Palomares Vílchez was a priest, born at Rus and ordained on 18 March 1905, who was assistant parish priest of La Asunción at Villacarrillo and was killed at La Diadema, near Villacarrillo, on 12 September 1936. 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 near Villacarrillo on 12 September 1936 while serving as assistant parish priest of La Asunción.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata R3898572a — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.