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Also known as

• Brother Miquel of Bianya

Memorial

• 28 July

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Franciscan Capuchin friar. Murdered by Marxists in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 23 August 1915 in Sant Salvador de Bianya, Girona, Spain

Died

• 28 July 1936 in Barcelona, Spain

Venerated

• 5 June 2015 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 21 November 2015 by Pope Francis
• celebrated at the cathedral of Santa Creu i Santa Eulàlia, Barcelona, Spain presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Pelagi Ayats Vergés“. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 November 2015. Web. 28 June 2017. <>