Ambrosio León Lorente Vicente
Brother of the Christian Schools and martyr at Benimaclet
Feast: 23 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Benimaclet, also in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Ambrosio Leon (Pedro) Lorente Vicente, Florencio Martín (Álvaro) Ibáñez Lázaro and Honorato (Andrés) Zorraquino Herrero, religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and martyrs, who in the same persecution shed their blood for Christ.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 October as a Brother of the Christian Schools who shed his blood for Christ at Benimaclet near Valencia.
Connected on this site
- Florencio Martín Blessed“In the town of Benimaclet, also in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Ambrosio Leon (Pedro) Lorente Vicente, Florencio Martín (Álvaro) Ibáñez Lázaro and Honorato (Andrés) Zorraquino Herrero, religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and martyrs, who in the same persecution shed…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 23 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q104224717 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.