Ignacio Tejero Molina
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, Blessed martyrs Braulio María (Pablo) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions of the Order of Saint John of God, who, captured during the persecution against religious, merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom, forgiving their enemies. Among those named is Blessed Ignacio Tejero Molina, novice.
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 Brothers of Saint John of God martyred at Calafell.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“At Calafell near Tarragona on the Spanish coast, Blessed martyrs Braulio María (Pablo) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions of the Order of Saint John of God, who, captured during the persecution against religious, merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom, forgiving their enemies.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 30 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q111953653 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.