Luis Beltrán Solá Jiménez

Who they were

Luis Beltrán Solá Jiménez, in the world Servilianus, was born at Amunarizqueta in Navarre on 20 April 1899; he entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 16 February 1918 and bound himself to God by perpetual vows on 15 October 1925. He was killed at Barcelona, where he had fled, 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 at Barcelona, in the city he had fled to for safety.

Connected on this site

• John of God Saint
  “Luis Beltrán Solá Jiménez, in the world Servilianus, was born at Amunarizqueta in Navarre on 20 April 1899; he entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 16 February 1918 and bound himself to God by perpetual vows on 15 October 1925.” — this site's research
• Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla Blessed
  “He was so marked by piety and diligence that everyone called him a holy man, and he was chosen to collect alms for the works of the Order; after 1934 he lived with the brothers at Manresa, working in the hospital, and when he regained his freedom he fled to lodgings in Barcelona with his fellow brother Luis Beltrán…” — this site's research