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Juan Morillo Torres
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 Morillo Torres was a priest, born at La Guardia de Jaén in 1874 and ordained on 18 December 1896, who was chaplain of the shrine of the Fuensanta at Huelma and was killed there on 26 July 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 26 July 1936 while serving as chaplain of the shrine of the Fuensanta at Huelma.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata Rfc36a3c0 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.