Leandro José Aloy Domenech
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Leandro José Aloy Domenech, in the world Iosephus, was born at Betera near Valencia, in Spain, on 16 November 1872 and bound himself by perpetual vows in the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 20 December 1903. The decree places him with the brothers of the Valencia community, at the house in the Malvarrosa district, who were killed at Valencia on 4 October 1936 and buried in the district cemetery, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was killed at Valencia on 4 October 1936, a few miles from the town where he was born.
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
- John of God Saint“Leandro José Aloy Domenech, in the world Iosephus, was born at Betera near Valencia, in Spain, on 16 November 1872 and bound himself by perpetual vows in the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 20 December 1903.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 507 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.