Martin Lumbreras Peralta
17th-century Catholic missionary
Feast: 11 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Martín Lumbreras Peralta was born at Zaragoza in 1598, of a noble family, took the habit of the Augustinian Recollects at Borja and made his vows at Zaragoza in 1619. In July 1622 he sailed from Cádiz for the Philippines.
At Manila he was sacristan and then for eight years master of novices, spreading devotion to Our Lady of the Pillar. Going to Japan, he was arrested as soon as he entered Nagasaki, thrown into a dark cell and burned alive in 1632.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A novice master who went to Japan and was burned for 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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Martín de San Nicolás Lumbreras Peralta
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatification of 23 April 1989
- Wikidata Q26997471 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Martin Lumbreras Peralta (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.