Benito José Labre Mañoso González
religious of the Order of Saint John of God and martyr at Calafell
Feast: 30 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Calafell near Tarragona on the Spanish coast, the Blessed martyrs Braulio María (Pablo) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions of the Order of Saint John of God, who, seized during the persecution against religious, merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom by forgiving their enemies.
Among those named is Blessed Benito José Labre Mañoso González, a religious of the Order of Saint John of God.
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 30 July as one of the fifteen martyrs of the Order of Saint John of God seized at Calafell near Tarragona, who forgave their enemies.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
Connected on this site
- John of God Saint“At Calafell near Tarragona on the Spanish coast, the Blessed martyrs Braulio María (Pablo) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions of the Order of Saint John of God, who, seized during the persecution against religious, merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom by forgiving their enemies.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.