Vicente de Paul Canelles Vives
Feast: 30 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Calafell near Tarragona on the Spanish coast, Blessed martyrs Braulio María (Pablo) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions of the Order of Saint John of God, who, captured during the persecution against religious, merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom, forgiving their enemies. Among those named is Blessed Vicente de Paul Canelles Vives, religious.
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 30 July as one of the Brothers of Saint John of God martyred at Calafell.
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
- John of God Saint“At Calafell near Tarragona on the Spanish coast, Blessed martyrs Braulio María (Pablo) Corres Díaz de Cerio, priest, and fourteen companions of the Order of Saint John of God, who, captured during the persecution against religious, merited the most blessed crown of martyrdom, forgiving their enemies.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 30 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q6161392 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.