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José Acosta Alemán
Priest of the Congregation of the Mission, martyr of the persecution in Spain
BlessedResearched
Born
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unknown
Died
1937
Beatified
11 November 2017
by Francis
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Born at Cartagena on 27 May 1880, he was a missionary in China and in July 1936 was chaplain of the hospital and home of the Daughters of Charity at Totana, near Murcia; he died in the prison of Totana on 31 January 1937. Pope Francis beatified him with Vicente Queralt Lloret and his twenty companions on 11 November 2017.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that he died in the prison of Totana.
Sources
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 110 (2018), p. 3 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - martiri-spagnoli-vincenziani
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 November 2017
- Wikidata R53439429 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.