Blessed Pere Tarrés I Claret
Feast Day
31-Aug
Born
30 May 1905 in Manresa, Barcelona, Spain
Died
31 August 1950 in his clinic in Barcelona, Spain of lymphoblastic lymphosarcoma; buried in the Montjuic cemetery; re-interred in the parish church of San Vicente of Sarrià on 6 November 1975
Beatified
5 September 2004 by Pope John Paul II in Loreto, Italy
Venerated
22 June 2004 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Pere Tarrés I Claret was born to Francesco and Carmen Tarres i Claret in a devout Christian household. He was raised alongside his sisters, Francesca and Maria, who later entered the Conceptionist Order. Due to his father’s work as a mechanic, the family relocated frequently during his childhood. Pere received the sacraments of Confirmation on 31 May 1910 and First Communion on 1 May 1913. Educated by the Piarist Fathers and Jesuits, he assisted in a local
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