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José María Marín Acuña
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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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
José María Marín Acuña was a priest, born at Bailén and ordained in 1917, who was parish priest of Rumblar-Zocueca and was killed near the Atocha railway station in Madrid on 11 August 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 the Atocha railway station in Madrid on 11 August 1936 while serving as parish priest of Rumblar-Zocueca.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata R0043c109 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.