Manuel Domingo y Sol
Manuel Domingo y Sol (1 April 1836 - 25 January 1909) was a Spanish Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the Pontifical Spanish College in Rome and the religious order known as the Diocesan Labour Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (1883). As a new priest he had built a sports arena and a theater to provide a place for adolescents to engage in sport activities and to act.
His beatification cause started under Pope Pius XII in 1946 and he was titled as a Servant of God while Pope Paul VI later titled him as Venerable in 1970 upon the confirmation of his heroic virtue; Pope John Paul II beatified him on 29 March 1987 in Saint Peter's Square.
Patron saint of Pontifical Spanish College; Diocesan Labour Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
In the Martyrology
- January 25 Blessed Manuel Domingo y Sol, priest, founder of the Diocesan Labour Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus