Juan Villar de Dios
Diocesan priest of Jaén, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Juan Villar de Dios was born at Úbeda on 9 October 1880 and was chaplain to the Poor Clare sisters of the monastery of Santa Clara at Úbeda. He was killed on 7 September 1936 at the age of fifty-six. 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 on 7 September 1936 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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.