Nicolás Factor
Spanish artist (1520-1583)
Feast: 23 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Valencia in Spain, Blessed Nicolás, called Factor, priest of the Order of Friars Minor, who, burning with fervent zeal for God, was often rapt in ecstasy.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 23 December as a Franciscan priest of Valencia often rapt in ecstasy.
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, 23 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2293488 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Nicolás Factor (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.