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Juan Fernando Pardo Navarro
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
Juan Fernando Pardo Navarro was a diocesan priest, born at Marmolejo on 20 December 1869, parish priest of Santa María and archpriest at Linares, who was killed on 18 September 1936 at the age of 67. 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 18 September 1936 while serving as parish priest of Santa María and archpriest at Linares.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata R48dda2ee — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.