Pedro Vega Ponce

Who they were

The decree on martyrdom describes him as a brother of the Order of Preachers in charge of some of the workshop tasks of the priory at Corias, born on 25 July 1902, who took the religious habit in 1935 and had no time to make temporary vows; it records that the two lay brothers of that priory were martyred on 20 September 1936. He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

Named in the decree on martyrdom among Celestino José Alonso Villar and nine companions of the Order of Preachers killed in Spain in 1936.

Connected on this site

• Celestino José Alonso Villar Blessed
  “Named in the decree on martyrdom among Celestino José Alonso Villar and nine companions of the Order of Preachers killed in Spain in 1936.” — this site's research