Blessed Felipe Ripoll Morata
Also known as
- Filippo Ripoll
Profile
Born to a poor but devout family. Priest in the diocese of Teruel, Spain. Professor and spiritual director at the diocesan seminary, and later served as rector. When the Republican Army overran Teruel in 1938, Father Felipe stayed with his people, kept faith with his bishop, and refused to cooperate with anything he saw as being against Church interests. Imprisoned for thirteen months. Used as human shield by soldiers. Martyred in the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War.
Born
- 14 September 1878 in Teruel, Spain
- shot on 7 February 1939 at “Can Tretze” of Pont de Molins, Gerona, Spain
- interred in the cathedral in Teruel, Spain
- 2 July 1994 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Felipe Ripoll Morata“. CatholicSaints.Info. 6 February 2017. Web. 28 May 2020. <>