Prudència Canyelles Ginestà

Who they were

Prudència Canyelles Ginestà was a widow born on 5 August 1884 at Sant Celoni who sheltered in her house the Servants of God Simó Reynés Solivellas, Miquel Pons Ramis and Francesc Mayol Oliver, and was killed on 24 July for her Christian hospitality. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI among the martyrs of the cause of Simó Reynés Solivellas and six companions.

The miracles

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

Why that counted as sanctity

The Dicastery records that she was killed for having given Christian shelter to three hunted religious.

Connected on this site

• Francesc Mayol Oliver Blessed
  “Prudència Canyelles Ginestà was a widow born on 5 August 1884 at Sant Celoni who sheltered in her house the Servants of God Simó Reynés Solivellas, Miquel Pons Ramis and Francesc Mayol Oliver, and was killed on 24 July for her Christian hospitality.” — this site's research
• Miquel Pons Ramis Blessed
  “Prudència Canyelles Ginestà was a widow born on 5 August 1884 at Sant Celoni who sheltered in her house the Servants of God Simó Reynés Solivellas, Miquel Pons Ramis and Francesc Mayol Oliver, and was killed on 24 July for her Christian hospitality.” — this site's research
• Simó Reynés Solivellas Blessed
  “Prudència Canyelles Ginestà was a widow born on 5 August 1884 at Sant Celoni who sheltered in her house the Servants of God Simó Reynés Solivellas, Miquel Pons Ramis and Francesc Mayol Oliver, and was killed on 24 July for her Christian hospitality.” — this site's research