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Juan Mesonero Huerta
Diocesan priest of Avila, martyr of the persecution in Spain
BlessedResearched
Born
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unknown
Died
1936
Beatified
13 October 2013
by Francis
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Juan Mesonero Huerta was born on 12 September 1913 in the village of Ragama near Salamanca, then in the diocese of Avila, and was ordained priest in 1936. A model of the virtues, he was appointed parish administrator of El Hornillo, where he was killed on 15 August 1936, little more than a month after his ordination, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was killed barely a month after his ordination, at the age of twenty-two.
Sources
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 121 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
- Wikidata Rc6dc8a73 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.