Raimundo García Moreno
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Raimundo García Moreno, in the world Ioannes Antonius a Sancto Leone, was born at Lucena near Cordoba on 11 April 1896 and entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God by perpetual vows on 8 September 1932. He is named in the decree on the martyrdom of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and twenty-three companions of the Order, killed between 1936 and 1937, 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 is named in the decree among the twenty-four Hospitaller brothers killed in Spain between 1936 and 1937.
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“Raimundo García Moreno, in the world Ioannes Antonius a Sancto Leone, was born at Lucena near Cordoba on 11 April 1896 and entered the Hospitaller Order of St John of God by perpetual vows on 8 September 1932.” — this site's research
- Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla Blessed“He is named in the decree on the martyrdom of Mauricio Íñiguez de Heredia Alzóla and twenty-three companions of the Order, killed between 1936 and 1937, and he was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 106 (2014), p. 509 - 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.