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Melecio Pardo Llorente
Claretian student, 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
Melecio Pardo Llorente was born at Bustillo de Chaves, in the province of Valladolid, on 3 August 1913 and made his religious profession as a Claretian on 15 September 1931. The Dicastery's list of the Spanish martyrs records his death on 28 July 1936, 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 on 28 July 1936, a few days short of his twenty-third birthday.
Sources
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 103 (2011), p. 553 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 522-martiri-spagnoli
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
- Wikidata R29714e9c — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.