Simón Miguel Rodríguez
Franciscan lay brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Born at Villalcampo in the diocese of Zamora on 23 November 1912, he made his religious vows as a lay brother in 1932 and was the cook of the community at Fuenteovejuna. He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI with Félix Echevarría Gorostiaga and six companions 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 decree records that the people of God held them all to be true martyrs of the faith, and that Félix Echevarría Gorostiaga and six companions were killed for their fidelity to Christ and the Church.
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.
Connected on this site
- Félix Echevarría Gorostiaga Blessed“He was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI with Félix Echevarría Gorostiaga and six companions of the Order of Friars Minor.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 539 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.