Salvi Huix Miralpéix
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Salvi Huix Miralpéix (in Spanish: Salvio Huix Miralpéix; 22 December 1877 – 5 August 1936) was a Catalan Roman Catholic cleric who served as Bishop of Lleida from 1935 to 1936. As one of the thirteen bishops killed in the Republican zone during the Spanish Civil War, he has been recognized as a martyr of the Catholic Church and was beatified on 13 October 2013 as part of the 522 Spanish Martyrs.
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Salvi Huix Miralpéix | |
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Bishop of Lleida | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
Diocese | Lleida |
See | Lleida |
Appointed | 28 January 1935 |
Installed | 5 May 1935 |
Term ended | 5 August 1936 |
Predecessor | Manuel Irurita y Almándoz |
Successor | Juan Villar y Sanz |
Orders | |
Ordination | 19 September 1903 by Josep Torras i Bages |
Consecration | 15 April 1928 by Federico Tedeschini |
Personal details | |
Born | Salvi Huix Miralpéix 22 December 1877 Santa Margarida de Vallors, Girona, Spanish Kingdom |
Died | 5 August 1936(1936-08-05) (aged 58) Lleida, Second Spanish Republic |
Previous post(s) | Titular Bishop of Selymbria (1928-35) Apostolic Administrator of Ibiza (1928-35) |
Motto | In Tuo verbo laxabo rete ("At Thy word I will let down the net") |
Sainthood | |
Feast day | 5 August |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 13 October 2013 Complex Educatiu, Tarragona, Spain by Cardinal Angelo Amato |
Attributes | Episcopal attire Pastoral staff |
Patronage | Diocese of Lleida |
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