Balbino Sanchez Mayorga
Spanish Discalced Carmelite priest (1865-1934), missionary in Cuba and spiritual director, declared Venerable by John Pa…
Place
Burgos
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9 saints associated
Saint Casilda of Burgos
Daughter of the Moorish King Aldemore of Toledo, Casilda secretly aided Christian prisoners. After being miraculously cu…
Diego Luis de San Vitores
Diego Luis de San Vitores (1627-1672) was a Spanish Jesuit priest, missionary, and martyr in Guam, recognized as the Apo…
Saint Hugh of Cluny
Born in Burgundy in 1024, Hugh became Abbot of Cluny at only twenty-five years old and led the order for sixty years. A …
Saint John of Sahagún (John Gonzalez de Castrillo)
A 15th-century Spanish Augustinian friar, John of Sahagún was a zealous preacher famous for restoring peace to Salamanca…
Juan Vicente Zengotitabengoa Lausen
Spanish Discalced Carmelite, missionary in India, and founder of the magazine La Obra Máxima, declared Venerable in 1996…
María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras
Spanish religious born in Vic in 1848, Carmen Sallés y Barangueras founded the congregation of the Conceptionist Mission…
Rafael Arnáiz Barón
A Spanish Trappist monk (1911-1938), Rafael Arnáiz Barón is known for his profound spirituality of abandonment, summariz…
Valentín Palencia Marquina and 4 companions (5)
The Spanish priest Valentín Palencia Marquina and four young laymen from the Patronato de San José were martyred togethe…
Frequently asked questions
Which saints are connected to Burgos?
Saints associated with Burgos: Balbino Sanchez Mayorga, Saint Casilda of Burgos, Diego Luis de San Vitores, Saint Hugh of Cluny, Saint John of Sahagún (John Gonzalez de Castrillo), Juan Vicente Zengotitabengoa Lausen, María del Monte Carmelo Sallés y Barangueras and Rafael Arnáiz Barón.