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Innocencio of Mary Immaculate
Spanish saint (1887-1934)
SaintResearchedSpainPassionistsPost-1588
Feast: 9 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
10 March 1887
verified
Died
1934
verified
Beatified
29 April 1990
by John Paul II
Canonised
21 November 1999
by John Paul II
Who they were
Manuel Canoura Arnau was born on 10 March 1887 at Santa Cecilia del Valle de Oro, Lugo, and entered the Passionists' seminary at fourteen. He was ordained as Father Inocencio of Mary Immaculate.
Having just begun serving as confessor to the pupils at Turón, he was killed there in 1934 in hatred of the faith, without trial.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Passionist priest who was killed for the faith while serving as confessor to schoolboys.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Inocencio de la Inmaculada
- Wikidata Q1664272 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Inocencio of Mary Immaculate (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.