Agustín González de Lara
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Agustín González de Lara was a priest, born at Andújar on 4 April 1871 and ordained in 1893, who was chaplain of the monastery of the Capuchin nuns of Andújar and was killed on 25 August 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 on 25 August 1936 while serving as chaplain of the monastery of the Capuchin nuns of Andújar.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.