Juan Bautista Ferrís Llopis
Trappist priest of the monastery of Santa María de Viaceli, martyr in Spain
Who they were
Juan Bautista Ferrís Llopis was born at Valencia in Spain on 24 March 1905, and after a short time with the Piarist Fathers he met the Servant of God Pío Heredia, felt himself called to the monastic life, entered the monastery of Santa María de Viaceli, and was ordained priest in 1932.
He was beatified on 3 October 2015 by Pope Francis, among the Spanish Cistercian martyrs of the Strict Observance.
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 Spanish Trappist martyrs beatified on 3 October 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 - martiri-spagnoli-cistercensi-della-stretta-osservanza-trappisti
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 3 October 2015
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.