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• 25 August

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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

Died

• about 10am on 25 August 1936 in Vila-rodona, Tarragona, Spain
• buried in the cemetery of Vila-rodona

Venerated

• 10 May 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Fermí Martorell Vies“. CatholicSaints.Info. 16 March 2017. Web. 20 November 2019. <>