Alexandre de Barcelona
Capuchin priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain (in the world Jaume Nájera Gherna)
Who they were
Alexandre de Barcelona was born at Barcelona on 25 July 1910, made his solemn profession on 27 July 1931 and was ordained priest on 11 March 1933. He was killed in the cemetery of Montcasa-Rexac on 23 November 1936.
He was beatified on 21 November 2015 by Pope Francis, among the twenty-six Capuchin martyrs of Barcelona.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints names him among the twenty-six Spanish Capuchin martyrs of Barcelona beatified on 21 November 2015.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 26-martiri-spagnoli-cappuccini-di-barcellona
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 21 November 2015
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.