Inocencio of Mary Immaculate

Inocencio of Mary Immaculate, CP (10 March 1887–9 October 1934), born Manuel Canoura Arnau, was a Catholic priest and member of the Passionists who was killed during the Asturias revolt.

[1] He was born on 10 March 1887, at Santa Cilla do Valadouro (Foz), near the Cantabrian coast in the province of Lugo (Galicia) and joined the Passionist seminary at the age of 14 at Peñafiel, near Valladolid.

[4] On Friday, 5 October 1934, a group of strikers forced their way into the Lasallian school in Turón, where Father Inocencio was exercising his priestly ministry.

He was imprisoned alongside the eight Brothers in the so-called "House of the People" to await the judgment of the Republican committee.

Inocencio and his eight fellow martyrs were declared venerable in 1989, beatified on April 19, 1990, then canonized on November 21, 1999, by Pope John Paul II.