Serviliano Riaño Herrero
Oblate religious, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Serviliano Riaño Herrero was born at Prioro in the province and diocese of León on 22 April 1916 and made his first religious profession on 15 August 1933. Arrested on 15 October 1936 and killed at Paracuellos de Jarama on 28 November following, he was beatified with the Spanish martyrs of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on 17 December 2011 by Benedict XVI.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
An Oblate religious killed at Paracuellos de Jarama in 1936.
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 - martiri-spagnoli-missionari-oblati-di-maria-immacolata
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 17 December 2011
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.