Eloi de Bianya

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Eloi de Bianya

Eloi de Bianya was the religious name of the Catalan Capuchin Joan Ayats Plantalech (born June 4, 1875 in Sant Salvador de Bianya , † July 28, 1936 in Barcelona ). He was murdered during religious persecution in the Spanish Civil War . On November 21, 2015, he was beatified in the Cathedral of Barcelona, along with other Capuchins murdered during the religious persecution of 1936 .

Life

He was a construction worker in his village. He became a Capuchin on June 22, 1900. He was the porter of the Capuchin monastery in Sarrià . When the friars left in July 1936, he tried to escape with his nephew and another friar. He was murdered after admitting to be a friar. He was murdered at the northern train station in Barcelona with the chaplain Cebrià de Terrassa and the students Miquel de Bianya and Jordi de Santa Pau.

Adoration

Already during his life he had a reputation for holiness.

The remains of him and nine confreres were found in a shrine under the altar of a chapel in the Capuchin Church of Sarrià.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brother Frederic de Berga and 25 companions will be beatified on November 21, 2015 at the Cathedral of Barcelona Flama.info , 22-07-2015. (Catalan)
  2. ↑ The Pope approves the beatification of 26 new Spanish martyrs Infocatolica , 07-06-2015. (Spanish)
  3. ^ Pope Francis will beatify six martyrs of the Spanish civil war from la Garrotxa Nació Digital La Garrotxa , 01-07-2015 (Catalan).
  4. ↑ The beatification is not a process but a Dankbezeugung for the Capuchin martyrs , Catalunya Religio , 13-11-2015. (Catalan)

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personal data
SURNAME Bianya, Eloi de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ayats Plantalech, Joan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catalan Capuchin
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Sant Salvador de Bianya
DATE OF DEATH July 28, 1936
Place of death Barcelona