Manuel Seco Gutiérrez
Spanish Martyr (1912 – 1934)
Feast: 28 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Turón in Asturias in Spain, Saints Inocencio of the Immaculate Conception (Manuel) Canoura Arnau, priest of the Congregation of the Passion, and eight companions, of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, who, in the adverse circumstances of their times, won the supreme victory, slaughtered in hatred of the faith without trial.
Among those named is Saint Aniceto Adolfo (Manuel) Seco Gutiérrez.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 9 October as one of the companions martyred at Turón in hatred of the faith.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 9 October (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3819183 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Manuel Seco Gutiérrez (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.