Pedro María Sandoica y Granados

Who they were

Pedro María Sandoica y Granados was a layman, born at Linares on 10 September 1876, who studied medicine at Seville, married Catalina del Moral y Moral on 14 October 1912, belonged to the Apostleship of Prayer at Villargordo and was killed at Mengíbar on 25 September 1936. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

Killed at Mengíbar on 25 September 1936 as a member of the Apostleship of Prayer at Villargordo.