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Manuel Heredia Gascón
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
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Born
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unknown
Died
1936
Beatified
13 December 2025
by Leo XIV
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
Manuel Heredia Gascón was a priest, born at Porcuna on 13 May 1901 and ordained on 29 May 1926, who was assistant parish priest of Santa María at Alcaudete and was killed at Venta de Pantalones, near Martos, on 4 October 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 at Venta de Pantalones on 4 October 1936 while serving as assistant parish priest of Santa María at Alcaudete.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata Rc09c2abc — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.