Juan Franquesa Costa
Priest of the Sons of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Juan Franquesa Costa was born at Santa Fe de la Segarra, near Lleida, on 19 September 1867, made his religious profession in 1893 and was ordained priest in 1896. He was arrested as a priest at the railway station of Sant Guim de Freixenet and killed in the cemetery of Cervera on 2 September 1936. Pope Francis beatified him on 13 October 2013, among the martyrs of Iacobus Puig Mirosa and nineteen companions of the Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that he was seized at the railway station of Sant Guim de Freixenet and killed in the cemetery of Cervera.
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.
Connected on this site
- Iacobus Puig Mirosa Blessed“Pope Francis beatified him on 13 October 2013, among the martyrs of Iacobus Puig Mirosa and nineteen companions of the Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 105 (2013), p. 490 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.