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Tomás Alonso Sanjuán
Salesian coadjutor brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
1936
Beatified
28 October 2007
by Benedict XVI
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Tomás Alonso Sanjuán was a Salesian coadjutor brother named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Enrique Sáiz Aparicio and sixty-two companions of the Salesian family, and he shed his blood on 31 August 1936. He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery records the day of his death among the martyrs of the cause of Enrique Sáiz Aparicio and sixty-two companions of the Salesian family.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - enrique-saiz-aparicio-e-62-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
- Wikidata R3d939dde — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.