Josefina Vilaseca Alsina
Catalan girl of twelve killed at Manresa, whose cause is for martyrdom in defence of chastity
Who they were
Josefina Vilaseca Alsina of Horta d'Avinyó was killed at Manresa on Christmas Day 1952, aged twelve.
The miracles
No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.
Why that counted as sanctity
The canonical process on her martyrdom ran from 3 March 1953 to 17 October 1956; the cause stalled in 1970 and resumed with a supplementary process from 14 November 2005 to 16 February 2007. The diocese of Vic is the competent forum and she is titled Servant of God.
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.
Checked against the sources listed on 24 September 2026. Corrections welcome.