Félix de Tortosa
Capuchin brother, martyr of the persecution in Spain (in the world Joan Bonavida Dellà)
Who they were
Félix de Tortosa was born at Tortosa in the province of Tarragona on 2 April 1894 and made his solemn vows on 23 January 1926. He was killed on the edge of Santa Maria Palafolls on 1 August 1936, declaring that he was dying for Christ.
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.