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17Th Century Oil Painting Of Blessed Manés De Guzmán Artist Unknown
17Th Century Oil Painting Of Blessed Manés De Guzmán Artist Unknown

Blessed Manés De Guzmán

Also known as: Mamerto; Mamés; Manez; Mannes

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

30-Jul

Born

C.1170 in Caleruega, Castile (in modern Burgos, Spain)

Died

1234 in the monastery of San Pedro de Gumeil, Izan, Castile (in modern Burgos, Spain) of natural causes; buried at the monastery of San Pedro

Beatified

2 June 1834 by Pope Gregory XVI (cultus confirmation)

Biography

Blessed Manés De Guzmán, also known as Mamerto, Mamés, Manez, and Mannes, was born around 1170 in Caleruega, Castile, which is in modern-day Burgos, Spain. He was the son of Felix de Guzman and Blessed Juana of Aza, and he had an illustrious lineage as the older brother of Saint Dominic de Guzman, the founder of the Dominican Order.


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