Florencio Martín
Brother of the Christian Schools, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom records that he was born in 1913, was a religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and a member of the college of Our Lady de la Bonanova at Barcelona, and that he was killed on 23 October. He was beatified on 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree names him among the Brothers of the Christian Schools killed in the persecution of 1936.
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
- Ambrosio León Lorente Vicente Blessed“In the town of Benimaclet, also in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Ambrosio Leon (Pedro) Lorente Vicente, Florencio Martín (Álvaro) Ibáñez Lázaro and Honorato (Andrés) Zorraquino Herrero, religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and martyrs, who in the same persecution shed…” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 92 (2000), p. 592 - decree on martyrdom
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 93 (2001), p. 491 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 March 2001
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.