Blessed Jacinto Blanch Ferrer
Feast Day
21 August; 1 February as one of the 109 Spanish Claretian Martyrs
Born
27 April 1868 in Vilanova de Sau, Barcelona, diocese of Vic, Spain
Died
Shot on 21 August 1936 in Pedrales, Barcelona, Spain; interred in a niche in the Bofill family mausoleum in the All Saints cemetery; his bones were later thrown into a common grave, making identification or recovery of relics impossible
Beatified
21 October 2017 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated in the Basilica of Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato
Venerated
21 December 2016 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Jacinto Blanch Ferrer, also known as Father Jacinto Blanch Ferrer, was born on 27 April 1868 in Vilanova de Sau, Barcelona, in the diocese of Vic, Spain. He came from a devout and large family, with all of his siblings eventually entering religious life, five of them becoming Claretian Missionaries.
Cause for Canonization
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