Hermilo de San Eliseo
Discalced Carmelite student for the priesthood, in the world Pedro Raimundo Rodríguez Calle, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Born on 14 April 1913, he was a Discalced Carmelite studying theology; he had made his solemn profession and received the minor orders only a few days before he was killed. He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI with Eusebio del Niño Jesús (in the world Ovidio Fernández Arenillas) and 15 companions of the Order of Discalced Carmelites.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records him among the Discalced Carmelites of the 1936 persecution in Spain, killed a few days after his solemn profession.
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
- Eusebio del Niño Jesús Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI with Eusebio del Niño Jesús (in the world Ovidio Fernández Arenillas) and 15 companions of the Order of Discalced Carmelites.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 541 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.