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Francisco Arias Martín
BlessedResearchedSpainBrothers Hospitallers of St. John of God
Feast: 30 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1884
Died
1936
Beatified
25 October 1992
unverified
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Valdemoro near Madrid in Spain, Blessed Francisco Arias Martín, priest and martyr, who, a novice in the Order of Saint John of God, completed his journey of perfection in a short time in an age of persecution.
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 18 August as a priest and novice of the Order of Saint John of God martyred at Valdemoro.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“At Valdemoro near Madrid in Spain, Blessed Francisco Arias Martín, priest and martyr, who, a novice in the Order of Saint John of God, completed his journey of perfection in a short time in an age of persecution.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 18 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q62738299 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.