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Íñigo of Oña
Spanish saint
SaintFull write-upBenedictinesPre-congregation
Feast: 1 June (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1000
Died
1068
Beatified
—
not needed: before formal processes
Canonised
By tradition
recognised before formal processes began
Who they were
In the monastery of Oña in the territory of Burgos in Castile in Spain, Saint Íñigo, abbot: a man of peace, at his death he was mourned even by the Jews and the Moors.
The miracles
There was never a formal cause: he has been honoured as a saint since before the Church's formal processes began.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 1 June as an abbot of Oña, a man of peace mourned even by Jews and Moors.
Connected on this site
- Dominic of Silos Saint“Along with Dominic of Silos, he also intervened to try to prevent the fraternal conflict that ended in the Battle of Atapuerca (1 September 1054), at which García died.” — Wikipedia
- Ignatius of Loyola Saint“Ignatius of Loyola was named after him.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 1 June (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3821148 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Íñigo of Oña (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.