No likeness on file
Leonardo José
BlessedResearchedSpainInstitute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1886
Died
1936
verified
Beatified
28 October 2007
verified
Canonised
—
not yet
Who they were
Leonardo José Aragonés Mateu was a Brother of the Christian Schools.
He was killed at Traveseras on 9 August 1936, aged 50, one of 64 martyrs of Barcelona devoted only to prayer, teaching, helping the poor and nursing the sick at home.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A teaching brother killed in 1936.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Leonardo José Aragonés Mateu
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 28 October 2007
- Wikidata Q22680772 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.