Luis María Ayet Canós
Carmelite priest, missionary in Puerto Rico and Venezuela, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Luis María Ayet Canós was born on 25 July 1886 in the town of Villarreal de los Infantes in Castellón; after his solemn profession in 1917 he worked in Puerto Rico and in Venezuela, and when the persecution broke out he was staying for a time at Terrassa to prepare the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Ángel María Prat Hostench and his sixteen companions of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, killed in 1936.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom names him among the Carmelites killed in the persecution in Spain in 1936.
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
- Ángel María Prat Hostench Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Ángel María Prat Hostench and his sixteen companions of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, killed in 1936.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 850 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.