Francisco Javier Bellido

Who they were

Francisco Javier Bellido was a diocesan priest, born at Andújar on 3 December 1882 and ordained on 23 September 1905, who had charge of the parish of San Miguel at Andújar and was killed on the road to Villanueva de la Reina on 24 September 1936. 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 the road to Villanueva de la Reina on 24 September 1936 while in charge of the parish of San Miguel at Andújar.