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José María Zabal Blasco
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Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1898
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Picadero de Paterna in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed José María Zabal Blasco, martyr, who, a father of a family, during the persecution against the faith overcame the torments of martyrdom through fortitude in Christ.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 8 December as a father of a family martyred in the persecution in Valencia.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11730902 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.