Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela

Who they were

Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela, in the world Avelinus Alfonsus Iosephus, was born at Barcelona on 31 December 1898; he entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 1 January 1934 and received the religious habit on 18 September of that year. He is named in the decree on the martyrdom of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and twenty-three companions of the Order, killed between 1936 and 1937, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

He had worn the habit of the Order for less than two years when the persecution took his life.

Connected on this site

• John of God Saint
  “Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela, in the world Avelinus Alfonsus Iosephus, was born at Barcelona on 31 December 1898; he entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 1 January 1934 and received the religious habit on 18 September of that year.” — this site's research
• Leoncio Rosell Laboria Blessed
  “The decree says that the two brothers who follow Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela in its list were killed on 7 August 1936 and buried together in one grave, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.” — this site's research
• Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla Blessed
  “He is named in the decree on the martyrdom of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and twenty-three companions of the Order, killed between 1936 and 1937, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.” — this site's research
• Silvestre Pérez Laguna Blessed
  “The decree says that the two brothers who follow Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela in its list were killed on 7 August 1936 and buried together in one grave, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.” — this site's research