Simón Reynés Solivellas
Member of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Simón Reynés Solivellas belonged to the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; the decree on martyrdom, drawn up for him and five companions of his congregation together with the Franciscan Sisters Daughters of Mercy and the laywoman Prudencia Canyelles i Ginesta, says that faith in Jesus Christ lit up his life and his death and that he and his companions ended their earthly pilgrimage longing to share the blessedness of the risen Lord face to face.
He was beatified by Benedict XVI among the martyrs of Spain raised to the altars in October 2007.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom says that faith in Jesus Christ lit up his life and his death in 1936.
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.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 27 October 2007
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006) - decree on martyrdom
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.