Juan de Jesús y María
priest of the Trinitarian Order shot by Republican militiamen during the Spanish Civil War and beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
The 498 Spanish Martyrs are a group of murder victims in the Spanish Civil War who were beatified by the Catholic Church in October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI. They originated from many parts of Spain. Their ages ranged from 16 years to 78 years old. Although almost 500 persons, they are only a small part of the Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War.
Summary of the Wikipedia article 498 Spanish Martyrs, which covers Juan de Jesús y María with others (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni - BeatoGiovanni di Gesù e Maria (Juan Otazua y Madariaga) — Santiebeati.it, the Italian Catholic saints dictionary, carries a full entry: BeatoGiovanni di Gesù e Maria (Juan Otazua y Madariaga) - Sacerdote trinitario, martire | Rigoitia, Spagna, 8 febbraio 1895 - Mancha Real, 3 a
- Wikidata Q19013790 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.