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Pere Almató
Spanish Roman Catholic missionary martyr (1830–1861)
SaintResearchedSpainDominican OrderDocumented cause
Feast: 3 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1830
Died
1861
Beatified
20 May 1906
unverified
Canonised
19 June 1988
unverified
Who they were
In the city of Hai Duong in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Jerónimo Hermosilla and Valentine Berrio-Ochoa, bishops, and Pere Almató, priest, of the Order of Preachers, beheaded by order of the emperor Tu Duc.
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 1 November as a Dominican priest beheaded at Hai Duong under the emperor Tu Duc.
Connected on this site
- Vietnamese Martyrs Saint honoured together
- Jerónimo Hermosilla Saint“In the city of Hai Duong in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Jerónimo Hermosilla and Valentine Berrio-Ochoa, bishops, and Pere Almató, priest, of the Order of Preachers, beheaded by order of the emperor Tu Duc.” — this site's research
- Valentine Berrio-Ochoa Saint“In the city of Hai Duong in Tonkin, now Viet Nam, the holy martyrs Jerónimo Hermosilla and Valentine Berrio-Ochoa, bishops, and Pere Almató, priest, of the Order of Preachers, beheaded by order of the emperor Tu Duc.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3826988 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.