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Juan Villar de Dios
Diocesan priest of Jaén, martyr of the persecution in Spain
BlessedResearched
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 Villar de Dios was born at Úbeda on 9 October 1880 and was chaplain to the Poor Clare sisters of the monastery of Santa Clara at Úbeda. He was killed on 7 September 1936 at the age of fifty-six. Pope Leo XIV beatified him on 13 December 2025.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was put to death on 7 September 1936 in the persecution in Spain.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata Rf919261a — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.