Manuel Heredia Torres

Who they were

Manuel Heredia Torres was a priest, born at Porcuna on 21 April 1900 and ordained on 14 June 1924, who was director of the college of Nuestra Señora del Robledo at Constantina in the province of Seville and was killed on 3 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 on 3 August 1936 while directing the college of Nuestra Señora del Robledo at Constantina.