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Juan Martínez Sánchez

Diocesan priest of Jaén, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

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unknown

Beatified

13 December 2025

by Leo XIV

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Juan Martínez Sánchez was born at Andújar on 13 August 1871 and was assistant priest of Jamilena. He was killed between 13 and 15 March 1938 at the age of sixty-seven. Pope Leo XIV beatified him on 13 December 2025.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

He was put to death between 13 and 15 March 1938 in the persecution in Spain.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.