Pedro María Sandoica y Granados
Layman, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Pedro María Sandoica y Granados was a layman, born at Linares on 10 September 1876, who studied medicine at Seville, married Catalina del Moral y Moral on 14 October 1912, belonged to the Apostleship of Prayer at Villargordo and was killed at Mengíbar on 25 September 1936. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed at Mengíbar on 25 September 1936 as a member of the Apostleship of Prayer at Villargordo.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.