Antoni Tort i Reixachs

Who they were

The Acts of the Apostolic See carry the decree on the martyrdom of Gaieta Clausellas i Ballvé, a diocesan priest, and Antoni Tort i Reixachs, a lay member of the faithful, who died in 1936 in the cause of Barcelona; the decree says that both suffered persecution for love of Christ and of the Church.

The miracles

As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

He suffered persecution and death for love of Christ and of the Church.