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Benvenuto de Miguel Arahal

Capuchin Tertiary priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain

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Who they were

A priest of the Third Order Capuchin of Our Lady of Sorrows, in religion Benvenuto and in the world José, born in 1887 at Dos Hermanas in the province of Seville; he was superior general of his congregation, a man of upright and strong spirit, of deep spiritual life and great ability in government. He shed his blood for Christ at Madrid during the persecution against the faith.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology names him as a Capuchin Tertiary priest who gave his blood for Christ at Madrid.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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