Ángel de Ferreries
Capuchin brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain (in the world Josep Coll Martí)
Who they were
Ángel de Ferreries was born at Ferreries on the island of Menorca on 11 February 1905, professed as a lay brother on 8 November 1923 and made his solemn profession on 9 November 1927. After the superiors ordered the friars to leave the convent of Sarrià he was arrested in the place where he had taken shelter, and was killed on 28 July 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.