Manuel Luque Ramos
Lay sacristan, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Manuel Luque Ramos was born at Marchena near Seville on 6 March 1893 and worked as errand-man and sacristan for the Poor Clare nuns, living with his widowed mother near the monastery. On 18 July 1936 he stood in the way of a group of revolutionaries trying to enter the church during Mass; arrested the next day and shot, he died in the hospital at Marchena on 22 July 1936. Pope Francis beatified him on 18 November 2023.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He barred the way to men who tried to break into the church during Mass, and was shot for it.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 116 (2024), p. 1087 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - manuel-gonzalez-serna-rodriguez-e-19-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 18 November 2023
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.