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Manuel Checa Martínez
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
13 December 2025
by Leo XIV
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Manuel Checa Martínez was a priest, ordained in 1915, who was parish priest of Iznatoraf and was killed in the cemetery of Iznatoraf on 28 or 29 August 1936. He was beatified on 13 December 2025 by Pope Leo XIV among the 124 martyrs of Jaén.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Killed in the cemetery of Iznatoraf on 28 or 29 August 1936 while serving as parish priest there.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata Rac79b02a — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.