Manuel Medina Olmos
Spanish catholic bishop
Feast: 30 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Almería, also in Spain, the passion of Blessed martyrs Diego Ventaja Milán, bishop of Almería, and Manuel Medina Olmos, bishop of Cádiz, who, taken to prison out of hatred of the Christian name, patiently endured insults and abuse, until they were slaughtered by night.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 30 August as the bishop of Cádiz imprisoned and killed by night at Almería out of hatred of the Christian name.
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.
Connected on this site
- Diego Ventaja Milán Blessed“At Almería, also in Spain, the passion of Blessed martyrs Diego Ventaja Milán, bishop of Almería, and Manuel Medina Olmos, bishop of Cádiz, who, taken to prison out of hatred of the Christian name, patiently endured insults and abuse, until they were slaughtered by night.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 30 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6801689 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.