Jaime Hilario Barbal
Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II | |
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Canonized | 21 November 1999, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican city by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 28 January |
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Jaime Hilario Barbal, FSC (born Manuel Barbal i Cosán; 2 January 1898 – 18 January 1937) was a Spanish
His beatification was celebrated on 29 April 1990 after it was confirmed that Barbal was killed "in odium fidei" ("in hatred of the faith"). The confirmation of a miracle attributed to his intercession allowed for Pope John Paul II to canonize him as a saint of the Catholic Church on 21 November 1999.
Life
Manuel Barbal i Cosán was born in Lleida.
He began his ecclesiastical studies at a religious school where
The outbreak of the civil war in mid-1936 while traveling to visit his relations saw him arrested for being a member of a religious congregation. In December 1936, he was transferred to the prison ship "Mahon" at Tarragona. Although he could have claimed that he was a gardener, he insisted that he was a religious brother and, on 15 January 1937, he was tried and convicted for being a member of the De La Salle Brothers.[1] In his trial, his defense advocate told him to cite his occupation as a gardener, but he refused to do so and said he would claim to be a religious brother, as was the case.
Barbal was taken to Monte de los Olivos – an olive grove – in Tarragona for execution during the afternoon of 18 January 1937.
Sainthood
The beatification process started in Tarragona in 1944 and concluded a short time later in 1945 while the
One miracle was required for his sanctification and when news reached the postulation about one such case it was investigated in the diocese of its origin. For one killed "in odium fidei", no miracle is needed for their beatification but one is needed for sainthood. The C.C.S. validated this process on 1 October 1993 and a medical board approved this on 26 October 1994 as did theologians on 20 March 1998 and the C.C.S. on 20 October 1998. John Paul II approved this miracle on 21 December 1998 and canonized Barbal as a saint on 21 November 1999 in
See also
- , an educational institution named after Saint Jaime Hilario Barbal
References
- ^ a b c "Saint Jaime Hilario Barbal". Saints SQPN. 31 August 2015. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ a b c "Saint Jaime Hilario (Manuel) Barbal". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
- ^ Canonization of then martyrs and two priests Cirilo Bertrán and eight companions, Inocencia de de la Inmaculada, Benedict Menni and Thomas of Cori