Trinidad de Andrés Lanas
Brother of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Trinidad de Andrés Lanas, in the world Primus, was a member of the Madrid community of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God; he was born at Maeztu in Alava, Spain, on 7 February 1877 and bound himself by perpetual vows on 30 May 1920. He was killed at Madrid on 5 February 1937 and buried in the eastern cemetery, near the great church of Our Lady of the Almudena, patron of the city, 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 was killed at Madrid on 5 February 1937, in the sixtieth year of his life.
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“Trinidad de Andrés Lanas, in the world Primus, was a member of the Madrid community of the Hospitaller Order of St John of God; he was born at Maeztu in Alava, Spain, on 7 February 1877 and bound himself by perpetual vows on 30 May 1920.” — 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.