An older brother of Saint Dominic of Guzmán, Founder of the Order of Preachers, Mannes was born in Caleruega, Spain, around the year 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 in 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 Gumiel de Izán near Caleruega about the year 1235. Most probably, Mannes became sick while engaged in his work of piety, died with the Cistercians, and was buried in their church, for the simple reason that his own Order had no house in that part of Spain.
During life, Mannes had been considered a saintly man and a perfect imitator of the virtues of his brother, Saint Dominic. Not long after his death, miracles began to be wrought at his tomb in such numbers that it became a place of pilgrimage. Because of this his relics were transferred to a more honorable place inside the same monastery church.
Reports of the cures obtained through intercession to the man of God soon became widespread. Devotion towards him grew particularly pronounced throughout Spain. In the Diocese of Osma, and especially around Caleruega, he was considered one of the popular saints. More than once petitions for at least his beatification were forwarded to Rome. Although these were not acted upon, the veneration in which Mannes was held rather waxed stronger than decreased with the course of time. For this reason, some six hundred years after his death, the former Camaldolese monk, Mauro Cappellari, who ascended the throne of Peter in 1831, under the name of Gregory XVI, beatified him, and granted his Office and Mass to the Order of Preachers. July 30 was set apart as his feast day.
In 1219, he was entrusted with the care of the Dominican nuns in 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 Gumiel de Izán near Caleruega about the year 1235. Most probably, Mannes became sick while engaged in his work of piety, died with the Cistercians, and was buried in their church, for the simple reason that his own Order had no house in that part of Spain.
During life, Mannes had been considered a saintly man and a perfect imitator of the virtues of his brother, Saint Dominic. Not long after his death, miracles began to be wrought at his tomb in such numbers that it became a place of pilgrimage. Because of this his relics were transferred to a more honorable place inside the same monastery church.
Reports of the cures obtained through intercession to the man of God soon became widespread. Devotion towards him grew particularly pronounced throughout Spain. In the Diocese of Osma, and especially around Caleruega, he was considered one of the popular saints. More than once petitions for at least his beatification were forwarded to Rome. Although these were not acted upon, the veneration in which Mannes was held rather waxed stronger than decreased with the course of time. For this reason, some six hundred years after his death, the former Camaldolese monk, Mauro Cappellari, who ascended the throne of Peter in 1831, under the name of Gregory XVI, beatified him, and granted his Office and Mass to the Order of Preachers. July 30 was set apart as his feast day.
An older brother of Saint Dominic of Guzmán, Founder of the Order of Preachers, Mannes was born in Caleruega, Spain, around the year 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 in 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 Gumiel de Izán near Caleruega about the year 1235. Most probably, Mannes became sick while engaged in his work of piety, died with the Cistercians, and was buried in their church, for the simple reason that his own Order had no house in that part of Spain.
During life, Mannes had been considered a saintly man and a perfect imitator of the virtues of his brother, Saint Dominic. Not long after his death, miracles began to be wrought at his tomb in such numbers that it became a place of pilgrimage. Because of this his relics were transferred to a more honorable place inside the same monastery church.
Reports of the cures obtained through intercession to the man of God soon became widespread. Devotion towards him grew particularly pronounced throughout Spain. In the Diocese of Osma, and especially around Caleruega, he was considered one of the popular saints. More than once petitions for at least his beatification were forwarded to Rome. Although these were not acted upon, the veneration in which Mannes was held rather waxed stronger than decreased with the course of time. For this reason, some six hundred years after his death, the former Camaldolese monk, Mauro Cappellari, who ascended the throne of Peter in 1831, under the name of Gregory XVI, beatified him, and granted his Office and Mass to the Order of Preachers. July 30 was set apart as his feast day.
In 1219, he was entrusted with the care of the Dominican nuns in 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 Gumiel de Izán near Caleruega about the year 1235. Most probably, Mannes became sick while engaged in his work of piety, died with the Cistercians, and was buried in their church, for the simple reason that his own Order had no house in that part of Spain.
During life, Mannes had been considered a saintly man and a perfect imitator of the virtues of his brother, Saint Dominic. Not long after his death, miracles began to be wrought at his tomb in such numbers that it became a place of pilgrimage. Because of this his relics were transferred to a more honorable place inside the same monastery church.
Reports of the cures obtained through intercession to the man of God soon became widespread. Devotion towards him grew particularly pronounced throughout Spain. In the Diocese of Osma, and especially around Caleruega, he was considered one of the popular saints. More than once petitions for at least his beatification were forwarded to Rome. Although these were not acted upon, the veneration in which Mannes was held rather waxed stronger than decreased with the course of time. For this reason, some six hundred years after his death, the former Camaldolese monk, Mauro Cappellari, who ascended the throne of Peter in 1831, under the name of Gregory XVI, beatified him, and granted his Office and Mass to the Order of Preachers. July 30 was set apart as his feast day.
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