Raimundo García Moreno
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Raimundo García Moreno, in the world Ioannes Antonius a Sancto Leone, was born at Lucena near Cordoba on 11 April 1896 and entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God by perpetual vows on 8 September 1932. He is named in the decree on the martyrdom of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and twenty-three companions of the Order, killed between 1936 and 1937, 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 is named in the decree among the twenty-four Hospitaller brothers killed in Spain between 1936 and 1937.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“Raimundo García Moreno, in the world Ioannes Antonius a Sancto Leone, was born at Lucena near Cordoba on 11 April 1896 and entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God by perpetual vows on 8 September 1932.” — this site's research
- Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla Blessed“He is named in the decree on the martyrdom of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and twenty-three companions of the Order, killed between 1936 and 1937, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 509 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
- Wikidata R778dca7d — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.