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Francisco Moreno Arroyo
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
Francisco Moreno Arroyo was a priest, born at Madrid on 17 July 1896 and ordained in 1919, who was assistant parish priest of Jódar and was killed at Jimena on 22 August 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 at Jimena on 22 August 1936 while serving as assistant parish priest of Jódar.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata Ra8ef2ae0 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.