Luis de Valencina
Feast: 3 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Father Luis de Valencina (Jerónimo Limón Márquez) was a Capuchin friar, listed among the Capuchin martyrs of the diocese of Málaga. He was born on 27 March 1885 and ordained priest in 1908.
He was killed on 3 August 1936, one of Andrés de Palazuelo and 31 Capuchin companions killed in the persecution. He was declared a martyr in 2013 and beatified at Tarragona on 13 October 2013.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
One of 32 Capuchin friars killed in the Spanish persecution of 1936 and beatified as martyrs in 2013.
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
- Andrés de Palazuelo Blessed“He was killed on 3 August 1936, one of Andrés de Palazuelo and 31 Capuchin companions killed in the persecution.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 310 - Decree on the martyrdom of Andrés de Palazuelo and 31 companions, 27 March 2013
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 107 (2015), p. 430 - Apostolic Letter beatifying Andrés de Palazuelo and 31 companions, 13 October 2013
- Wikidata Q16594866 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.