Matías Morín Ramos
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Matías Morín Ramos, in the world Ioannes Raimundus, was born at Salvatierra de Tormes near Salamanca on 6 March 1913 and made temporary vows in the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 7 March 1931. Forced against his will into the army, and unable to bear the godless talk of almost all the soldiers, he tried to desert; when his religious state was discovered he was seized near Madrid in September 1937, at the Sierra de Guadarrama, and shot, 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 tried to desert an army whose talk against God he could not bear, and was shot when his religious state came to light.
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“Matías Morín Ramos, in the world Ioannes Raimundus, was born at Salvatierra de Tormes near Salamanca on 6 March 1913 and made temporary vows in the Hospitaller Order of St John of God on 7 March 1931.” — 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.