Eloi de Bianya

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Eloi de Bianya

Joan Ayats Plantalech (, 4 June 1875 - Barcelona, 28 July 1936), was a Catalan capuchin friar whose religious name was friar Eloi de Bianya. He died as a martyr after declaring that he was a friar and he is considered as a blessed by the Catholic Church.[1]

He was a construction worker in his village, and he became friar on 22 June 1900.[2] He was the doorman of the convent of the Sarrià Capuchins, and once all the friars had left, he tried to escape with his nephew and another friar.[3] He was murdered after confessing that he was a friar in the North Station of Barcelona, together with Brother Cebrià de Terrassa, almoner, and the students Brother Miquel de Bianya and Brother Jordi de Santa Pau.

He is considered a martyr by the Catholic Church and in a ceremony that was presided by the cardinal Angelo Amato in the Cathedral of Barcelona he was declared blessed on 21 November 2015 together with other Capuchin friars such as .[4] He was considered a saint already when he was alive.[5]

The remainders of him and nine other martyr colleagues are set in a vase in the church of the convent of the Sarrià Capuchins.

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  1. ^ Friar Frederic de Berga and 25 friars more will be beatified on 21 November 2015 in the Cathedral of Barcelona Flama.info, 22 July 2015. (in Catalan)
  2. ^ The Pope approves the beatification of 26 new Spanish martyrs Infocatolica, 7 June 2015. (in Spanish)
  3. ^ Pope Francis will beatify martyrs of the Spanish Civil War from La Garrotxa Nació Digital La Garrotxa, 1 July 2015 (in Catalan).
  4. ^ News of the beatification of 26 Capuchin martyrs Archived 19 November 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Església de Barcelona, 2015. (in Catalan)
  5. ^ Beatification is not a trial. It is a gratitude for the testimony of the Capuchin martyrs, Catalunya Religió, 13 November 2015. (in Catalan)

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