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José María Robles Hurtado
Mexican saint (1888–1927)
SaintResearchedMexicoPost-1588
Feast: 26 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1888
Died
1927
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
—
not on record
Who they were
Near Guadalajara in the State of Jalisco in Mexico, Saint José María Robles Hurtado, priest and martyr, who, in the course of the persecution against the Church during the Mexican revolution, died hanged from a tree.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 26 June as a Mexican priest hanged from a tree during the persecution of the Church.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 26 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3810524 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — José María Robles Hurtado (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.