María del Patrocinio de San José Badía Flaquer
Carmelite nun of the monastery of Vic, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
María del Patrocinio de San José Badía Flaquer was born at Bigues in the province of Barcelona on 28 August 1903, entered the Carmelite monastery of Vic in October 1929 and pronounced her solemn vows in April 1934.
She was taken on 13 August 1936 and, after being put to several cruel indignities, was killed by the militia the next day. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Ángel María Prat Hostench and his sixteen companions of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, killed in 1936.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that she was seized on 13 August 1936, ill-treated and killed the following day.
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
- Ángel María Prat Hostench Blessed“She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Ángel María Prat Hostench and his sixteen companions of the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel, killed in 1936.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 851 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.