Lorenzo Palomino Villaescusa
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Lorenzo Palomino Villaescusa was born at Salobreña on 22 August 1867, was ordained priest on 9 March 1895 and spent some years in pastoral work in Argentina; imprisoned repeatedly, he offered himself in vain in place of his nephew, a father of a family, and was killed together with him on 9 August 1936. He was beatified on 26 February 2022 by Pope Francis among Cayetano Giménez Martín and fifteen companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that he was put to death in hatred of the faith during the persecution of the Church 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.
Connected on this site
- Cayetano Giménez Martín Blessed“He was beatified on 26 February 2022 by Pope Francis among Cayetano Giménez Martín and fifteen companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 112 (2020), p. 946 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 26 February 2022
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.