Manuel Ruiz Lopez

Manuel Ruiz López, also known as Emmanuel Ruiz,  (5 May 1804 – 10 July 1860) was a priest of the Order of Friars Minor.

He was captured by Muslim rioters during the 1860 civil conflict in Mount Lebanon and Damascus and forced to embrace Islam, which he refused and was killed by being cut into pieces in Damascus, Syria, on 10 July 1860. As one of the Damascus Martyrs he was beatified in 1926.

Beatification and canonization
Pope Pius XI declared Ruiz Lopez a martyr on 2 May 1926. He was beatified by Pope Pius XI on 10 October 1926. His feast is celebrated on 10 July. On May 23, 2024, the Vatican announced a convocation of a consistory for their canonization of Ruiz and his companions.

On July 1st 2024, Pope Francis presided at an consistory, which approved the canonization of 15 people, including Manuel Ruiz Lopez. Cardinal Marcello Semeraro presented a Peroratio, a report on the life and miracles of Ruiz and his 7 companions, among others.