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Iacobus Maté Calzada
Franciscan subdeacon, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
28 October 2007
by Benedict XVI
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
A subdeacon of the Order of Friars Minor, born on 25 July 1914 at Cañizar de Argaño in the province of Burgos.
He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, one of Víctor Chumillas Fernández and his twenty-one companions of the Order of Friars Minor.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom names him among Víctor Chumillas Fernández and his twenty-one companions.
Connected on this site
- Víctor Chumillas Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, one of Víctor Chumillas Fernández and his twenty-one companions of the Order of Friars Minor.” — this site's research
Sources
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 178 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
- Wikidata R6714f5ee — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.