San Juan Jacobo Fernandez
Spanish beatified martyr
Feast: 10 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Damascus in Syria, the passion of the Saint martyrs Emmanuel Ruiz, priest, and companions, seven of the Order of Friars Minor and three brothers, faithful of the Maronite Church, who, handed over to the enemy through deceit by a traitor, were subjected to various tortures for the faith and completed their martyrdom with a glorious death.
Among those named is Saint San Juan Jacobo Fernandez, a religious of the Order of Friars Minor.
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 10 July among the companions of Saint Emmanuel Ruiz, betrayed and killed for the faith at Damascus. Pope Francis canonised the eleven Martyrs of Damascus on 20 October 2024.
Connected on this site
- Carmelo Bolta Bañuls Saint“They consist of The Massabki Brothers (Arabic: الأخوة المسابكيين) (Abdel Moati Massabki, Francis Massabki, and Raphael Massabki) and Manuel Ruiz Lopez and Companions (Manuel Ruiz López, Carmelo Bolta Bañuls, Nicanor Ascanio Soria, Nicolás María Alberca Torres, Pedro Nolasco Soler Méndez, Engelbert Kolland,…” — Wikipedia
- Emmanuel Ruiz Saint“Emmanuel Ruiz and the seven other martyrs were Franciscans, seven from Spain and one from Austria.” — Wikipedia
- Engelbert Kolland Saint“They consist of The Massabki Brothers (Arabic: الأخوة المسابكيين) (Abdel Moati Massabki, Francis Massabki, and Raphael Massabki) and Manuel Ruiz Lopez and Companions (Manuel Ruiz López, Carmelo Bolta Bañuls, Nicanor Ascanio Soria, Nicolás María Alberca Torres, Pedro Nolasco Soler Méndez, Engelbert Kolland,…” — Wikipedia
- Francisco Pinazo Peñalver Saint“They consist of The Massabki Brothers (Arabic: الأخوة المسابكيين) (Abdel Moati Massabki, Francis Massabki, and Raphael Massabki) and Manuel Ruiz Lopez and Companions (Manuel Ruiz López, Carmelo Bolta Bañuls, Nicanor Ascanio Soria, Nicolás María Alberca Torres, Pedro Nolasco Soler Méndez, Engelbert Kolland,…” — Wikipedia
- Nicanor Ascanio Saint“They consist of The Massabki Brothers (Arabic: الأخوة المسابكيين) (Abdel Moati Massabki, Francis Massabki, and Raphael Massabki) and Manuel Ruiz Lopez and Companions (Manuel Ruiz López, Carmelo Bolta Bañuls, Nicanor Ascanio Soria, Nicolás María Alberca Torres, Pedro Nolasco Soler Méndez, Engelbert Kolland,…” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 10 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints: Manuel Ruiz and 7 companions, and Francesco, Abdel Mooti and Raffaele Massabki (Martyrs of Damascus)
- Wikidata Q6300057 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Juan Jacobo Fernandez (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.