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Víctor Cuesta Villalba
Augustinian student of philosophy, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
28 October 2007
by Benedict XVI
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom lists him among the companions of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso, a professed priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, killed in Spain in 1936; it describes him as an Augustinian student of philosophy, aged 19. 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
Named in the decree on martyrdom among those killed in Spain in 1936.
Connected on this site
- Avelino Rodríguez Alonso Blessed“The decree on martyrdom lists him among the companions of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso, a professed priest of the Order of Saint Augustine, killed in Spain in 1936; it describes him as an Augustinian student of philosophy, aged 19.” — this site's research
Sources
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 99 (2007), p. 634 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - avelino-rodriguez-alonso-97-compagni-agostiniani-e-6-compagni-membri-del-clero-secolare
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
- Wikidata R291cc745 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.