Fra Marçal de Vilafranca
Who they were
Fra Marçal de Vilafranca, or Fra Marçal de Vilafranca del Penedès, is the religious name of the Catalan Capuchin student friar Carles Canyes Santacana.
Summary translated from the Catalan Wikipedia article Fra Marçal de Vilafranca (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
Fra Marçal de Vilafranca has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Capuchins of Catalonia: Blessed Marcal de Vilafranca.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - 26 Martiri spagnoli cappuccini di Barcellona — Named as Fr Marcal del Penedes (Carles Canyes Santacana), born at Vilafranca del Penedes on 16 April 1917 - the Vilafranca of his usual name.
- Wikidata Q56640429 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.