Benigne de Canet de Mar
Capuchin priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain (in the world Miquel Sagré Fornaguera)
Who they were
Benigne de Canet de Mar was born at Canet de Mar on 15 May 1890, made his solemn profession on 15 August 1911 and was ordained priest on 17 June 1916. He took shelter from place to place until he was arrested on 19 August 1936 and killed on the road at Horta in Barcelona.
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.