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Tomas Sitjar Fortiá
BlessedResearchedSpainSociety of Jesus
Born
1866
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the city of Gandía in the same territory, Blessed Tomas Sitjar Fortiá, priest of the Society of Jesus and martyr, who in the same persecution shed his blood for Christ.
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 19 August as a Jesuit priest martyred at Gandía.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 19 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q16610952 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.