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Pascual Roda Díaz
Layman, lawyer and nocturnal adorer, martyr of the persecution in Spain
BlessedResearched
Born
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unknown
Died
1937
Beatified
25 March 2017
by Francis
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Pascual Roda Díaz was born on 30 March 1908 at Almería. He was a layman, a lawyer and a nocturnal adorer.
He was killed on 10 January 1937 at the Campamento de Viator, and Pope Francis beatified him on 25 March 2017 among José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre and 114 companions, diocesan priests and lay faithful killed between 1936 and 1938.
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 on 10 January 1937 at the Campamento de Viator during the persecution in Spain.
Connected on this site
- José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre Blessed“He was killed on 10 January 1937 at the Campamento de Viator, and Pope Francis beatified him on 25 March 2017 among José Álvarez-Benavides de la Torre and 114 companions, diocesan priests and lay faithful killed between 1936 and 1938.” — this site's research
Sources
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 109 (2017), p. 1129 - decree on martyrdom
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 110 (2018), p. 1016 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 25 March 2017
- Wikidata R1abc7dba — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.