Blessed Juan María de la Cruz S.C.I. | |
Birth Date: | 25 September 1891 |
Feast Day: | 26 November |
Venerated In: | Roman Catholic Church (Priests of the Sacred Heart) |
Titles: | Priest and martyr |
Beatified Date: | 11 March 2001 |
Beatified Place: | Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City |
Beatified By: | Pope John Paul II |
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]