Benito José Labre Mañoso González
religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr at Calafell
Feast: 30 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Calafell near Tarragona on the Spanish coast, the Blessed martyrs Braulio María (Pablo) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions of the Order of Saint John of God, who, seized during the persecution against religious, merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom by forgiving their enemies.
Among those named is Blessed Benito José Labre Mañoso González, a religious of the Order of Saint John of God.
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 30 July as one of the fifteen martyrs of the Order of Saint John of God seized at Calafell near Tarragona, who forgave their enemies.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“At Calafell near Tarragona on the Spanish coast, the Blessed martyrs Braulio María (Pablo) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions of the Order of Saint John of God, who, seized during the persecution against religious, merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom by forgiving their enemies.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 30 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rd64e88c3 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.