Luis Beltrán Solá Jiménez
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Luis Beltrán Solá Jiménez, in the world Servilianus, was born at Amunarizqueta in Navarre on 20 April 1899; he entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 16 February 1918 and bound himself to God by perpetual vows on 15 October 1925. He was killed at Barcelona, where he had fled, 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 Barcelona, in the city he had fled to for safety.
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“Luis Beltrán Solá Jiménez, in the world Servilianus, was born at Amunarizqueta in Navarre on 20 April 1899; he entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 16 February 1918 and bound himself to God by perpetual vows on 15 October 1925.” — this site's research
- Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla Blessed“He was so marked by piety and diligence that everyone called him a holy man, and he was chosen to collect alms for the works of the Order; after 1934 he lived with the brothers at Manresa, working in the hospital, and when he regained his freedom he fled to lodgings in Barcelona with his fellow brother Luis Beltrán…” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 506 - 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.