Manuel Izquierdo Izquierdo
Diocesan priest of Jaén, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Manuel Izquierdo Izquierdo was born at Castillo de Locubín on 9 December 1853, was ordained priest on 14 March 1891 and from 1921 to 1936 was parish priest of Nuestra Señora de Gracia at Villardompardo. He was killed on 28 September 1936 at the age of eighty-three. Pope Leo XIV beatified him on 13 December 2025.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
His martyrdom was particularly cruel: after various tortures and mutilations he was put to death.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 124-martiri-di-Jaen
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 December 2025
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.