Joaquín Prats Baltueña

Who they were

The decree on martyrdom records that he was born at Zaragoza on 5 March 1915 and entered the novitiate in October 1935. He was killed at Castelserás on 30 July 1936 and beatified on 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.

The miracles

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

Why that counted as sanctity

The decree names him among the Dominican novices killed in the persecution of 1936.

Connected on this site

• José María Muro Sanmiguel Blessed
  “In the town of Castelserás near Teruel, also in Spain, Blessed martyrs José María Muro Sanmiguel, priest, Joaquín Prats Baltueña, religious, of the Order of Preachers, and Zósimo Izquierdo Gil, priest, who won the glorious reward for Christ during the same persecution against the faith.” — this site's research
• Zósimo Izquierdo Gil Blessed
  “In the town of Castelserás near Teruel, also in Spain, Blessed martyrs José María Muro Sanmiguel, priest, Joaquín Prats Baltueña, religious, of the Order of Preachers, and Zósimo Izquierdo Gil, priest, who won the glorious reward for Christ during the same persecution against the faith.” — this site's research