Juan María de la Cruz, S.C.I. (born Mariano García Méndez, San Esteban de los Patos, Province of Ávila, 25 September 1891 – Silla, Valencia, 23 August 1936) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest.
The Roman Catholic Church considers him a martyr.[1] He was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 2001, together with his fellow martyrs killed in the Spanish Civil War.[2]
References
- 1."Martyrdom of Juan María de la Cruz" (in Italian). Dehonian Family. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
- 2."Beatification of 233 Spanish Martyrs" (in Spanish). Vatican. Retrieved 25 September 2016.