July 26th

Blessed Vincent Pinilla and Manuel Martín Sierra, Martyrs

Blessed · Common of Martyrs · Motril, Spain · d. 1936

In the village of Motril near Granada on the coast of Spain, the Blessed Vincent Pinilla, of the Order of Augustinian Recollects, and Manuel Martín Sierra, priests and martyrs, who, the day after the martyrdom of five companions, were dragged from the church and shot.

Latin Original

In vico Motril apud Granatam ad litus Hispánize, beatórum Vincéntii Pinilla, ex Ordine Augustinianórum Recollectórum, et Emmanuélis Martín Sierra, presbyterórum et mártyrum, qui postrídie martyrii quinque sociórum ex ecclésia abrépti sunt et plumbis transfóssi.