Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela, in the world Avelinus Alfonsus Iosephus, was born at Barcelona on 31 December 1898; he entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 1 January 1934 and received the religious habit on 18 September of that year. 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 had worn the habit of the Order for less than two years when the persecution took his life.
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.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela, in the world Avelinus Alfonsus Iosephus, was born at Barcelona on 31 December 1898; he entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 1 January 1934 and received the religious habit on 18 September of that year.” — this site's research
- Leoncio Rosell Laboria Blessed“The decree says that the two brothers who follow Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela in its list were killed on 7 August 1936 and buried together in one grave, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.” — 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
- Silvestre Pérez Laguna Blessed“The decree says that the two brothers who follow Avelino Martínez de Arenzana Candela in its list were killed on 7 August 1936 and buried together in one grave, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 9 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.