Bl. Mannes

Feast Day: August 18

Blessed Mannes, an older brother of Saint Dominic, was born at Caleruega, Spain, about 1170. He was among his younger brother’s first followers and later assisted in establishing the priory of Saint Jacques at Paris in 1217.

In 1219 he was entrusted with the care of the Dominican nuns at Madrid. According to an early source he was “a contemplative and holy man, meek and humble, joyful and kind, and a zealous preacher.”

He died at the Cistercian monastery of San Pedro at Gamiel d’Izan near Caleruega about the year 1235.