Louis Bertrand

Who they were

Luis Beltrán was born in Valencia on 1 January 1526 and entered the Dominicans there at nineteen; the prior who received him foretold he would be a second St Vincent Ferrer. At 25 he was made novice master and guided his novices wisely for ten years.

He went to South America, taught the Gospel of Christ to indigenous peoples and defended them from their oppressors. Returning home in 1569, he was again novice master and prior in Valencia. He is patron of Colombia.

The miracles

The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

A Dominican who defended the indigenous peoples of South America and formed saints at home.

Connected on this site

• Vincent Ferrer Saint
  “Luis Beltrán was born in Valencia on 1 January 1526 and entered the Dominicans there at nineteen; the prior who received him foretold he would be a second St Vincent Ferrer.” — this site's research
• Ludwik Exarch Blessed
  “Ludovico Bertrán Eixarch was born in Barcelona, Spain, in 1596; family tradition linked him to his relative, the celebrated missionary Saint Louis Bertrand, which likely shaped his early call to religious life.” — this site's research
• Mancio of the Holy Cross Blessed
  “At Ōmura in Japan, the Blessed martyrs Louis Bertrand, priest of the Order of Preachers, Mancio of the Holy Cross and Peter of Saint Mary, religious of the same Order, put to the stake for Christ.” — this site's research
• Peter of Saint Mary Blessed
  “At Ōmura in Japan, the Blessed martyrs Louis Bertrand, priest of the Order of Preachers, Mancio of the Holy Cross and Peter of Saint Mary, religious of the same Order, put to the stake for Christ.” — this site's research