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Pedro de Alcántara (Lorenzo) Villanueva Larráyoz
religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr
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Feast: 11 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Barcelona in Spain, Blessed Pedro de Alcántara (Lorenzo) Villanueva Larráyoz, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, who suffered martyrdom as a religious during the persecution against the faith.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 11 September as a religious of the Order of Saint John of God martyred at Barcelona in the persecution against the faith.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“At Barcelona in Spain, Blessed Pedro de Alcántara (Lorenzo) Villanueva Larráyoz, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, who suffered martyrdom as a religious during the persecution against the faith.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 11 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rce6256da — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.