Blessed Fermí Martorell Vies
Profile
Priest. Member of the Sons of the Holy Family, and the treasurer of his community. Teacher at Saint Peter the Apostle school in Reus, Tarragona, Spain. He was arrested on 27 July 1936 during the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War for the crime of being a priest, imprisoned on the ship Rio Segre of Tarragona, and then executed. Martyr.
Born
- 3 November 1879 in Margalef, Tarragona, Spain
- 10 May 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Fermí Martorell Vies“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 March 2017. Web. 22 January 2021. <>