Benito de la Virgen del Villar Solano Ruiz
Passionist religious and martyr at Urda
Feast: 25 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Urda in the province of Toledo in Spain, the Blessed martyrs Pedro del Corazón Redondo, priest, Félix de las Cinco Llagas Ugalde Irurzun and Benito de la Virgen “del Villar” Solano Ruiz, religious of the Congregation of the Passion, who, shot for their Christian faith during the great persecution, were crowned with the palm of martyrdom.
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 25 July as a religious of the Congregation of the Passion shot for his Christian faith at Urda in the province of Toledo.
Connected on this site
- Pedro del Corazón Redondo Blessed“At Urda in the province of Toledo in Spain, the Blessed martyrs Pedro del Corazón Redondo, priest, Félix de las Cinco Llagas Ugalde Irurzun and Benito de la Virgen “del Villar” Solano Ruiz, religious of the Congregation of the Passion, who, shot for their Christian faith during the great persecution, were crowned…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 25 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rbd9125ae — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.