Juan Sánchez Sánchez
Priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Juan Sánchez Sánchez was a priest, aged 54, named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso, ninety-seven Augustinian companions and six members of the secular clergy. He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery lists him among the martyrs of the cause of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso, ninety-seven Augustinian companions and six members of the secular clergy.
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
- Avelino Rodríguez Alonso Blessed“Juan Sánchez Sánchez was a priest, aged 54, named in the Dicastery's list of the martyrs of the cause of Avelino Rodríguez Alonso, ninety-seven Augustinian companions and six members of the secular clergy.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - avelino-rodriguez-alonso-97-compagni-agostiniani-e-6-compagni-membri-del-clero-secolare
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.