Pedro de Alcántara (Lorenzo) Villanueva Larráyoz
religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr
Feast: 11 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Barcelona in Spain, Blessed Pedro de Alcántara (Lorenzo) Villanueva Larráyoz, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, who suffered martyrdom as a religious during the persecution against the faith.
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 11 September as a religious of the Order of Saint John of God martyred at Barcelona in the persecution against the faith.
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“At Barcelona in Spain, Blessed Pedro de Alcántara (Lorenzo) Villanueva Larráyoz, religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr, who suffered martyrdom as a religious during the persecution against the faith.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.