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Manuel Miranda Ruiz
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 Miranda Ruiz was a diocesan priest, born at Jaén in 1878, chaplain of Arrayanes and confessor to the Daughters of Charity in Linares, who was killed on 18 September 1936 at the age of 58. 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 18 September 1936 while serving as chaplain of Arrayanes and confessor to the Daughters of Charity in Linares.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
- Wikidata R7b870e13 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.