San Manuel Bueno, mártir by Miguel de Unamuno

The priest of the town is Don Manuel, and he is everything one could possibly want in a priest. Rustic and pastoral, the townspeople quietly continue on their way as they have done for long years past. John's Day, you can hear its church bells ringing. According to local legend, there is a medieval town submerged beneath the waters, and if you listen carefully on St.

Close by is the ruin of an old monastery. Summary: The picturesque little village of Valverde de Lucerna sits beside a lake that reflects the nearby mountain. Now that the bishop of the diocese of Renada, to which belongs this, my village of Valverde de Lucerna, has begun to promote the cause of beatification of our Don Manuel, or, better, San Manuel Bueno, which is what he was for our parish, I wish to leave here written, as a confession, and only God, not I, knows what its end will be, all that I know and remember of that matriarchal man, who filled all the depths of my soul, who was my true spiritual father, the father of my spirit, of the spirit of me, Angela Carballino. Ahora que el obispo de la diócesis de Renada, a la que pertence esta mi querida aldea de Valverde de Lucerna, anda, a lo que se dice, promoviendo el proceso para la beatificación de nuestro Don Mauel, o, mejor, San Manuel Bueno, que vue en ésta párroco, quiero dejar aqui consignado, a modo de confesión y sólo Dios sabe, que no yo, con qué destino, todo lo que sé y recuerdo de aquel varón matrarcal que llenó toda la más entrañada vida de mi alma, que fue mi verdadero padre espiritual, el padre de mi espíritu, del mío, el de Ángela Carballino.

San Manuel Bueno, mártir by Miguel de Unamuno