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Antonio Lara Pardo
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
1936
Beatified
13 December 2025
by Leo XIV
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Antonio Lara Pardo was a diocesan priest, born at Higuera de Arjona on 11 June 1897 and assistant parish priest of Santa María in Linares, who was killed on 18 September 1936 at the age of 39. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed on 18 September 1936 while serving as assistant parish priest of Santa María in Linares.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata Rdbbb29c0 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.