José Ignacio Gordon de la Serna

Who they were

Born at Jerez de la Frontera, in the province of Cádiz, on 13 October 1902, he made his religious profession on 20 May 1923 and was ordained priest on 22 September 1929. He was killed at Alboraya on 13 August 1936, and Pope Francis beatified him among the Claretian martyrs of Spain on 21 October 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 was killed at Alboraya on 13 August 1936.