Laurino de Jesús Crucificado Proaño Cuesta
Passionist religious, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
A religious of the Congregation of the Passion, born on 14 April 1916 at Villafría in the diocese of Palencia and professed on 23 October 1932; he was shot with his community at Carabanchel Bajo on 23 July 1936. He was beatified on 1 October 1989 by John Paul II, among Nicéforo Díez Tejerina and twenty-five companions of the Congregation of the Passion.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology names him among the Passionist martyrs of 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.
- Roman Martyrology, 23 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 83 (1991) - beatification letter
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 81 (1989) - decree on the martyrdom
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.