Laureano Ferrer Cardet
Priest of the Capuchin Third Order of Our Lady of Sorrows, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
In the town of Turis in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Laureano Ferrer Cardet, priest, was killed in the persecution together with two religious of the Capuchin Third Order of the Blessed Virgin of Sorrows.
The Acta Apostolicae Sedis give his religious name as Laureano Maria and his name in the world as Salvador, born at Burriana in 1884, a man of merciful and kindly spirit, a faithful image of the good Samaritan, who suffered martyrdom at Turis on 16 September 1936.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
He was killed at Turis in the Spanish persecution against religion.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 16 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 93 (2001) - decree on the martyrdom of the Capuchin Tertiaries of Our Lady of Sorrows
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.