Nicolás María Alberca y Torres
Spanish missionary
Feast: 10 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Damascus in Syria, the passion of the Saint martyrs Emmanuel Ruiz, priest, and companions, seven of the Order of Friars Minor and three brothers, faithful of the Maronite Church, who, handed over to the enemy through deceit by a traitor, were subjected to various tortures for the faith and completed their martyrdom with a glorious death.
Among those named is Saint Nicolás María Alberca y Torres, a priest of the Order of Friars Minor.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 10 July among the companions of Saint Emmanuel Ruiz, betrayed and killed for the faith at Damascus. Pope Francis canonised the eleven Martyrs of Damascus on 20 October 2024.
Connected on this site
- Emmanuel Ruiz Saint“At Damascus in Syria, the passion of the Saint martyrs Emmanuel Ruiz, priest, and companions, seven of the Order of Friars Minor and three brothers, faithful of the Maronite Church, who, handed over to the enemy through deceit by a traitor, were subjected to various tortures for the faith and completed their…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 10 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints: Manuel Ruiz and 7 companions, and Francesco, Abdel Mooti and Raffaele Massabki (Martyrs of Damascus)
- Wikidata Q11780832 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.