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Manuel Legua Marti
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Feast: 26 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1875
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
At Madrid, likewise in Spain, Blessed Leo (Manuel) Legua Martí, priest of the Capuchin Tertiaries of Our Lady of Sorrows and martyr, who, still in the same persecution, obtained the crown of glory.
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 26 September as a Capuchin Tertiary priest martyred at Madrid during the persecution.
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 26 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q23943392 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.