Magín Albaigés Escoda
Diocesan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Magín Albaigés Escoda was a diocesan priest of the Tarragona region, born at Albi near Lleida on 23 May 1889, and was put to death at Tarragona on 20 August 1936. He was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis with Manuel Borrás Ferré, auxiliary bishop of Tarragona, and their companions.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
A diocesan priest put to death in the persecution in Spain.
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
- Manuel Borrás Ferré Blessed“He was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis with Manuel Borrás Ferré, auxiliary bishop of Tarragona, and their companions.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 105 (2013), p. 779 - 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.