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Pascual Fortuño Almela
Franciscan priest and martyr at Villa Real
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Feast: 8 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Villa Real in the territory of Castellón de la Plana, again in Spain, Blessed Pascual Fortuño Almela, priest of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr, who for bearing witness to Christ was crowned with martyrdom.
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 September as a priest of the Order of Friars Minor crowned with martyrdom at Villa Real for bearing witness to Christ.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 8 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Re0657fcc — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.