Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Áldaz
religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr at Esplugues
Feast: 29 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Esplugues near Barcelona in Spain, Blessed Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Áldaz, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, killed during the persecution against the faith in hatred of the Church.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 29 July as a religious of the Order of Saint John of God killed at Esplugues near Barcelona in hatred of the Church.
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“In the town of Esplugues near Barcelona in Spain, Blessed Juan Bautista Egozcuezábal Áldaz, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, killed during the persecution against the faith in hatred of the Church.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.