Plácido García Gilabert
Franciscan priest, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom records that he was born at Benitachell in the province of Alicante on 1 January 1895, entered the Franciscan minor seminary at Benisa as a boy, was professed and ordained priest, taught and was prefect of studies in his religious province, took the degree of lector general in canon law and moral theology at Rome, and on returning to Spain taught theology and was made guardian of his community and rector of the college at Onteniente. The Roman Martyrology commemorates him at Denia in the territory of Alicante as a religious of the Order of Friars Minor and martyr. He was beatified on 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology says he faced the notable combat for Christ; the decree says he practised charity, humility and patience.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 92 (2000), p. 555 - decree on martyrdom
- Roman Martyrology, 16 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 March 2001
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.