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Vicente Nicasio Renuncio Toribio

Redemptorist priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

1936

Beatified

22 October 2022

by Francis

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

Vicente Nicasio Renuncio Toribio was born at Villayuda, near Burgos, on 11 September 1876, professed in 1895 and was ordained priest in 1901. He gave himself to missionary work and to the training of the students of the minor seminary and was rector of the shrine of Perpetual Help in Madrid; after nearly two months in prison he was killed on 7 November 1936, and Pope Francis beatified him on 22 October 2022.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

As he was taken from his cell he was heard to cry out that he was laying down his life for his brothers in Spain.

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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.