Nicolás María Alberca y Torres
Spanish missionary
Feast: 10 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Damascus in Syria, the passion of the Blessed martyrs Emmanuel Ruiz, priest, and companions, seven of the Order of Friars Minor and three brothers, faithful of the Maronite Church, who, handed over to the enemy through deceit by a traitor, were subjected to various tortures for the faith and completed their martyrdom with a glorious death.
Among those named is Blessed Nicolás María Alberca y Torres, a priest of the Order of Friars Minor.
The miracles
As a martyr he was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers him on 10 July among the companions of Blessed Emmanuel Ruiz, betrayed and killed for the faith at Damascus.
Connected on this site
- Emmanuel Ruiz Blessed“At Damascus in Syria, the passion of the Blessed martyrs Emmanuel Ruiz, priest, and companions, seven of the Order of Friars Minor and three brothers, faithful of the Maronite Church, who, handed over to the enemy through deceit by a traitor, were subjected to various tortures for the faith and completed their…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 10 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q11780832 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.