Juan Alcalde y Alcalde

Who they were

The Roman Martyrology remembers him among the martyrs of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God killed at Paracuellos del Jarama near Madrid in Spain; the Acts of the Apostolic See describe him as a novice, born on 20 October 1911 at Zuzones in the diocese of Osma, shot on 28 November 1936. He was beatified by John Paul II on 25 October 1992.

The miracles

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

Why that counted as sanctity

He was killed at Paracuellos del Jarama for belonging to the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God.

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• John of God Saint
  “The Roman Martyrology remembers him among the martyrs of the Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God killed at Paracuellos del Jarama near Madrid in Spain; the Acts of the Apostolic See describe him as a novice, born on 20 October 1911 at Zuzones in the diocese of Osma, shot on 28 November 1936.” — this site's research