233 Spanish Martyrs
Group of 233 Catholic priests, religious, and laypeople murdered in Spain between 1936 and 1939 in hatred of the faith, …
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121 saints associated
498 Spanish Martyrs (498)
The 498 martyrs of the religious persecution in Spain, beatified in 2007, are bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople…
522 Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War
Group of 522 bishops, priests, religious, and laypeople murdered in hatred of the faith in Spain between 1934 and 1939, …
Alexia González-Barros
Alexia González-Barros (1971-1985) was a young Spanish layperson, declared Venerable in 2018. Stricken with an aggressiv…
Alonso de Orozco
A Spanish Augustinian religious of the Golden Age, royal court preacher and spiritual writer, Alonso de Orozco led a lif…
Álvaro del Portillo
Álvaro del Portillo (1914-1994), the first prelate of Opus Dei and a close collaborator of Saint Josemaría Escrivá, was …
Ana de Jesús
A companion of Saint Teresa of Ávila, Ana de Jesús (1545-1621) spread the Discalced Carmelite reform in France and Belgi…
Ángela Ginard Martí
Spanish religious of the Congregation of the Sisters Zealots of the Eucharistic Heart of Jesus, martyred in odium fidei …
Antonio Amundarain Garmendia
Spanish Basque priest (1885-1954), founder of the Alliance in Jesus through Mary, the first secular institute in Spain, …
Antonio Franco
Antonio Franco (1585-1626) was an Italian prelate, royal chaplain, and prelate of Santa Lucia del Mela, beatified in 201…
Ascensión Sacramento Sánchez y Sánchez
Ascensión Sacramento Sánchez y Sánchez (1911-1946) was a Spanish Venerable, member of the secular institute of the Cruza…
Carlo Bascapè
Carlo Bascapè (1550-1615) was an Italian Barnabite bishop, a close collaborator of Saint Charles Borromeo, and a key fig…
Carlos Eraña Guruceta and 2 companions
Marianist religious and Spanish educators, Carlos Eraña Guruceta, Fidel Fuidio Rodríguez, and Jesús Hita Miranda were ma…
Ciriaco María Sancha y Hervás
Cardinal-Archbishop of Toledo and founder of the congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Cardinal Sancha, he was disti…
Diego José of Cádiz
Spanish Capuchin priest and famous popular preacher, defender of the faith against the ideas of the Enlightenment.
Dolores Márquez Romero
Dolores Márquez Romero (1817-1904) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Philippian Siste…
Domingo Lázaro Castro
A Spanish Marianist priest, Domingo Lázaro Castro was a dedicated educator, provincial of his order, and founder of the …
Doroteo Hernández Vera
A Spanish priest and founder of the secular institute Cruzada Evangélica, Doroteo Hernández Vera dedicated himself to th…
Félix Varela
Félix Varela (1788-1853) was a Cuban priest, philosopher, and politician, recognized as venerable by the Catholic Church…
Saint Francis Caracciolo
Born in the Kingdom of Naples, Francis Caracciolo renounced the world after a miraculous recovery from leprosy. Together…
Francisco Barrecheguren Montagut
A Spanish father who became a widower, Francisco Barrecheguren Montagut joined the Redemptorists at the age of 65 and wa…
Francisco de Asís Méndez Casariego
Spanish priest (1850-1924), co-founder of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Most Holy Trinity of Madrid and founder…
Francisco Esteban Lacal and companions (22)
Group of 22 martyrs (21 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and one layman) put to death in hatred of the faith in 193…
Francisco Garmendia Mendizábal
Spanish Lasallian religious, dedicated educator and provincial, declared Venerable in 2008.
Blessed Gregory Lopez
Originally from Madrid, Gregory Lopez renounced his nobility to lead the life of a hermit in Navarre and then in New Spa…
Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri
A Spanish layperson of Opus Dei and a pioneer in chemistry, Guadalupe Ortiz de Landázuri dedicated her life to education…
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez
Isabel Larrañaga Ramirez (1836-1899) was a religious sister of Philippine and Spanish origin, foundress of the Congregat…
Saint Isidore the Farmer
A farmer in Madrid during the 12th century, Isidore led a life of intense prayer while faithfully serving his master, Jo…
Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma
Isidoro Zorzano Ledesma (1902-1943) was an Argentine industrial engineer, one of the first members of Opus Dei, recogniz…
Jerónimo Mariano Usera y Alarcón
The Venerable Jerónimo Mariano Usera y Alarcón (1810-1891) was a Spanish priest and missionary, founder of the congregat…
Saint John Baptist of the Conception
Saint John Baptist of the Conception (1561-1613) was a Spanish religious, reformer of the Trinitarian Order and mystical…
Saint John of Matha
Born in Provence in the 12th century, John of Matha founded the Order of the Trinitarians after a miraculous vision duri…
José Antón Gómez and 3 companions (4)
Four Spanish Benedictine monks from the priory of Montserrat in Madrid, martyred in 1936 in hatred of the faith at the b…
José María Fernández Sánchez and 38 companions (39)
José María Fernández Sánchez and his 38 companions are a group of 39 martyrs of the Vincentian Family (33 Lazarists and …
José María García Lahiguera
Spanish archbishop and founder of the Congregation of the Oblate Sisters of Christ the Priest, José María García Lahigue…
José María Rubio y Peralta
Spanish Jesuit (1864-1929) known as the "Apostle of Madrid", tireless confessor and apostle of the poor, beatified in 19…
José Merino Andrés
José Merino Andrés (1905-1968) was a Spanish Dominican priest, novice master, and preacher, declared Venerable by Pope L…
José Pio Gurruchaga Castuariense
A Spanish priest and founder of the Parochial Auxiliaries of Christ the Priest, José Pio Gurruchaga Castuariense disting…
Saint Josemaría Escrivá
Spanish priest born in 1902 in Barbastro and died in Rome in 1975, Josemaría Escrivá founded Opus Dei in 1928 and was ca…
Josep Tous Soler
A Spanish Capuchin priest (1811-1871), Josep Tous Soler founded the congregation of the Capuchin Sisters of the Mother o…
Juan Sánchez Hernández
Spanish priest (1902-1975), member of the Brotherhood of Diocesan Worker Priests and founder of the Secular Institute of…
Justa Domínguez de Vidaurreta e Idoy
A Spanish religious sister of the Company of the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Justa Domínguez de Vidau…
Luis de Trelles y Noguerol
Luis de Trelles y Noguerol (1819-1891) was a Spanish layperson, advocate for the poor, and founder of the Spanish Noctur…
Luz Rodríguez-Casanova y García San Miguel
Luz Rodríguez-Casanova y García San Miguel (1873-1949) was a Spanish religious, foundress of the Congregation of the Apo…
Magín Morera y Feixas
A Spanish priest of the Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family, the Venerable Magín Morera y Feixas dedicated himse…
Manuel Aparici Navarro
Manuel Aparici Navarro (1902-1964) is a Spanish Venerable, a major figure of the Spanish Catholic Youth Action and a pre…
Manuel González García
Spanish bishop (1877-1940), founder of the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth and apostle of the "abandoned tabernacle…
Manuel González y García
Manuel González García (1877-1940) was a Spanish bishop, founder of the Eucharistic Reparation Family, beatified in 2001…
Manuel Herranz Estables
Spanish priest (1880-1968), founder of the Congregation of the Servants of the Virgin of Sorrows, devoted to the poor an…
María Aurelia Iglesias Fidalgo
Spanish religious sister of the Congregation of the Religious of Mary Immaculate, known as Sister María Stella de Jesús,…
María Catalina Irigoyen Echegaray
A Spanish religious of the congregation of the Servants of Mary, Ministers to the Sick, she dedicated her life to the ho…
María Consuelo Sanjurjo Santos
María Consuelo Sanjurjo Santos (Mother María Soledad, 1892-1973) was a Puerto Rican religious sister of the Servants of …
María de la Purísima Salvat Romero
A Spanish religious sister and Mother General of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross, Saint María de la Purísima Sal…
María de los Desamparados Portilla Crespo
A Spanish laywoman, wife, and mother of eleven children, Amparo Portilla was declared Venerable by Pope Francis in 2021 …
María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras
Spanish religious born in Vic in 1848, Carmen Sallés y Barangueras founded the congregation of the Conceptionist Mission…
María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga
María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga (1952-1962), known as Pilina, is a young Spanish layperson declared Venerable, …
María Dolores Rodríguez Sopeña
Foundress of the Catechist Institute of Dolores Sopeña and the social work OSCUS, she dedicated her life to the educatio…
María Dolores Segarra Gestoso
A Spanish religious sister and foundress of the Missionaries of Christ the Priest, María Dolores Segarra Gestoso dedicat…
María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas
María Emilia Riquelme y Zayas (1847-1940) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Congregation of the Missionar…
María Félix Torres
María Félix Torres (1907-2001) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Company of the Savior dedicated to the C…
María Isabel Lacaba Andía and 13 companions (14)
Group of fourteen Spanish Conceptionist nuns martyred in hatred of the faith in 1936 at the beginning of the Spanish Civ…
Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera
Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera (Mother Esperanza) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Handmaids and the Sons …
María Josefa Segovia Morón
María Josefa Segovia Morón (1891-1957), nicknamed Pepita, was the first Director General of the Teresian Association. Sh…
Maria Josephina Teresa Marcucci
Italian Passionist nun (1888-1960), known as Sister Maria Maddalena of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament, she founded sever…
María Maravillas de Jesús
Saint María Maravillas de Jesús (1891-1974) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite known for founding and restoring numerous …
Maria Mercedes Prat
Religious sister of the Company of Saint Teresa of Jesus, martyr of the Spanish Civil War in Barcelona in 1936.
Maria Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament
A Madrid aristocrat, Maria Micaela Desmaisières, Viscountess of Jorbalán, founded the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament…
María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga and 2 companions (3)
María Pilar Gullón Yturriaga, Octavia Iglesias Blanco, and Olga Pérez-Monteserín Núñez were three lay nurses of the Span…
Maria Pilar Izquierdo Albero
Foundress of the Missionary Work of Jesus and Mary, she offered her intense physical and moral sufferings for the salvat…
María Sagrario de San Luis Gonzaga
The first female pharmacist in Spain to manage her own pharmacy, Elvira Moragas Cantarero became a Carmelite under the n…
Maria Soledad
Spanish religious, Maria Soledad Torres Acosta (1826-1887) founded in Madrid in 1851 the congregation of the Servants of…
Maria Speranza della Croce
Spanish religious and missionary in China, she is the founder of the congregation of the Augustinian Recollect Missionar…
María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso
María Teresa González-Quevedo y Cadarso, nicknamed Teresita (1930-1950), was a young Spanish novice of the Carmelite Sis…
Mariana Allsopp González-Manrique
Mariana Allsopp González-Manrique (1854-1933) was a Mexican religious sister, co-foundress of the congregation of the Si…
Mariana de Manzanedo Herrera
Mariana de Manzanedo Herrera (1568-1638), in religion Mariana de San José, was a Spanish religious sister and founder of…
Blessed Mary Anne of Jesus
A 17th-century noblewoman from Madrid, Marie-Anne de Jésus overcame her family's opposition to dedicate herself to God. …
Michele Maura Montaner
Spanish priest and founder of the Congregation of the Zelatrices of the Eucharistic Cult, recognized as Venerable by Pop…
Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa
Nazaria Ignacia March Mesa, born in Madrid in 1889, founded the congregation of the Crusading Missionaries of the Church…
Paula de Jesús Gil Cano
Foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, she dedicated her life to orphans and the sick in Spai…
Pedro Poveda Castroverde
A Spanish priest born in 1874, Pedro Poveda Castroverde founded the Teresian Association in 1911 for the Christian forma…
Pedro Urraca
Pedro Urraca (1583-1657), a Spanish priest of the Order of Mercy, was distinguished by his heroic charity in Lima and hi…
Peregrina Mogas Fontcuberta
Peregrina Mogas Fontcuberta (María Ana) was a Spanish religious sister, foundress of the congregation of the Franciscan …
Raphaela Mary Porras y Ayllón
Spanish religious sister, foundress of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus; after her removal from office in 1893…
Regina Lete Landa
A Spanish religious of the Mercedarian Sisters of Charity, Sister Isabel de Jesús dedicated herself to the sick before d…
Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez and María Sagrario Moragas
Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez and María Sagrario Moragas were two Spanish religious sisters martyred in 1936 during the Ci…
Santiago Masarnau Fernández
Santiago Masarnau Fernández (1805-1882) was a Spanish musician and layperson, founder of the Society of Saint Vincent de…
Simon de Rojas
Spanish Trinitarian (1552-1624) nicknamed "Father Ave Maria", founder of the Congregation of the Slaves of the Most Swee…
Blessed Simon de Roxas
A Spanish Trinitarian religious born in Valladolid, Simon de Roxas was the confessor to Queen Elisabeth and tutor to the…
Tomás Morales Pérez
A Spanish Jesuit priest, Tomás Morales Pérez dedicated his life to the spiritual formation and apostolate of the laity, …
Vicente Nicasio Renuncio Toribio and 11 companions (12)
Vicente Nicasio Renuncio Toribio and his 11 companions were twelve Spanish Redemptorist religious martyred in Madrid in …
Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña
Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña (1847-1890) was a Spanish religious, foundress in Madrid of the congregation of the Relig…
Frequently asked questions
Which saints are connected to Madrid?
Saints associated with Madrid: 233 Spanish Martyrs, 498 Spanish Martyrs (498), 522 Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, Alexia González-Barros, Alonso de Orozco, Álvaro del Portillo, Ana de Jesús and Ángela Ginard Martí.