Pablo María (Pedro) Leoz y Portillo
Passionist religious and martyr at Carrión de Calatrava
Feast: 25 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
On the mountains of the Alpujarras near Granada in Andalusia in Spain, Blessed Mark Criado, priest of the Order of the Most Holy Trinity for the liberation of slaves and martyr, who was killed by the Moors. In the town of Carrión de Calatrava near Ciudad Real, also in Spain, the blessed martyrs Juan Pedro (José) Bengoa Aranguren, priest, and Pablo María (Pedro) Leoz y Portillo, religious of the Congregation of the Passion, and Jesús Hita Miranda, religious of the Society of Mary, who, during the persecution, were shot by militiamen in hatred of the Church.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 25 September as a religious of the Congregation of the Passion shot by militiamen at Carrión de Calatrava in hatred of the Church.
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
- Jesús Hita Blessed“In the town of Carrión de Calatrava near Ciudad Real, also in Spain, the blessed martyrs Juan Pedro (José) Bengoa Aranguren, priest, and Pablo María (Pedro) Leoz y Portillo, religious of the Congregation of the Passion, and Jesús Hita Miranda, religious of the Society of Mary, who, during the persecution, were shot…” — this site's research
- Juan Pedro (José) Bengoa Aranguren Blessed“In the town of Carrión de Calatrava near Ciudad Real, also in Spain, the blessed martyrs Juan Pedro (José) Bengoa Aranguren, priest, and Pablo María (Pedro) Leoz y Portillo, religious of the Congregation of the Passion, and Jesús Hita Miranda, religious of the Society of Mary, who, during the persecution, were shot…” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.