Miguel Amaro Ramírez
Priest of the Sodality of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Heart of Jesus, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Miguel Amaro Ramírez was born on 8 May 1883 at El Romeral, in the province and archdiocese of Toledo; he was ordained priest on 9 June 1906 and entered the Sodality of Diocesan Worker Priests of the Heart of Jesus on 12 August of the same year, teaching seminarians at Toledo and Leon and at the college for fostering vocations at Cuenca and Valencia. He died a martyr at Toledo on 2 August 1936, and was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree says these fifteen priests gave such an example of priestly virtue that martyrdom was the crown of a priestly life resting on apostolic ministry.
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 106 (2014), p. 305 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.