Prudència Canyelles i Ginestà
Married laywoman, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
A married laywoman, born on 5 August 1884, who in 1927 married Ezequiel Aguadé Soler; she sheltered Simó Reynés Solivellas, Miquel Pons Ramis and Francesc Mayol Oliver so that they could reach safety and nursed Francesc Mayol after his attackers wounded him, and on 23 July 1936 she was shot together with Brother Pau, Sister Catharina and Sister Miquela.
She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, in the cause of Simó Reynés Solivellas and his companions.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom names her among the Servants of God held at once to be martyrs of the faith.
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
- Francesc Mayol Oliver Blessed“A married laywoman, born on 5 August 1884, who in 1927 married Ezequiel Aguadé Soler; she sheltered Simó Reynés Solivellas, Miquel Pons Ramis and Francesc Mayol Oliver so that they could reach safety and nursed Francesc Mayol after his attackers wounded him, and on 23 July 1936 she was shot together with Brother…” — this site's research
- Miquel Pons Ramis Blessed“A married laywoman, born on 5 August 1884, who in 1927 married Ezequiel Aguadé Soler; she sheltered Simó Reynés Solivellas, Miquel Pons Ramis and Francesc Mayol Oliver so that they could reach safety and nursed Francesc Mayol after his attackers wounded him, and on 23 July 1936 she was shot together with Brother…” — this site's research
- Simó Reynés Solivellas Blessed“A married laywoman, born on 5 August 1884, who in 1927 married Ezequiel Aguadé Soler; she sheltered Simó Reynés Solivellas, Miquel Pons Ramis and Francesc Mayol Oliver so that they could reach safety and nursed Francesc Mayol after his attackers wounded him, and on 23 July 1936 she was shot together with Brother…” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 871 - 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.