Teodomiro Joaquín Sáinz Sáinz

Who they were

In religion Brother Teodomiro Joaquín and in the world Adriano Sáinz Sáinz, he was born at Puentedey in the diocese of Burgos on 8 September 1907 and made his religious profession as a Brother of the Christian Schools in 1932. He was shot on the road to Boquetas near Almería on 8 September 1936, in the persecution of religion during the Spanish Civil War.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology for 8 September names him a blessed martyr, one of the Brothers of the Christian Schools killed at Almería in the persecution during the civil war.