Salvio Huix Miralpeix

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.

Life

Salvi Huix Miralpéix was born to a pious and wealthy family in Santa Margarida de Vallors in the municipio of Sant Hilari Sacalm.

He studied at the seminary in Vic, where he was noted for the zeal with which he pursued his studies. On 28 January 1935 he became bishop of Lleida and on 5 May he took possession of the diocese, succeeding Bishop Manuel Irurita.

During the Civil War, the Republicans attacked the bishop's palace in Lleida in July 1936. Bishop Huix Miralpéix fled and found refuge in the home of some relatives of his domestics. To avoid exposing them to the possibility of reprisal, he handed himself over at a Republican roadblock. He was imprisoned in the prison of Lleida with other Catholics, both ecclesiastics and lay people, where he distinguished himself by continuing to minister to his fellow prisoners. Later in 1952 he was granted the title of Servant of God, and on 26 June 2011 he was recognized as a martyr, having been killed in odium fidei.

He was beatified on 13 October 2013 in Tarragona along with another 521 martyrs.

His liturgical feast is kept on 5 August.