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Benjamín Julián

Spanish Roman Catholic martyr

SaintFull write-upSpainInstitute of the Brothers of the Christian SchoolsPost-1588

Feast: 9 October (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born
1908
Died
1934
Beatified
—
not on record
Canonised
—
not on record

Who they were

At Turón in Asturias in Spain, Saints Inocencio of the Immaculate Conception (Manuel) Canoura Arnau, priest of the Congregation of the Passion, and eight companions, of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, who, in the adverse circumstances of their times, won the supreme victory, slaughtered in hatred of the faith without trial.

Among those named is Saint Benjamín Julián (Vicente Alfonso Andrés).

The miracles

The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 October as one of the companions martyred at Turón in hatred of the faith.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.

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