Nicolás María Alberca y Torres

Saint Nicolás María Alberca y Torres (1830–1860) was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary, born in Aguilar de la Frontera. Answering God’s call with generous faith, he devoted his life to the service of the Gospel, leaving the familiar comforts of home to labor as a missionary. His priestly ministry was marked by a willingness to spend himself for Christ and for the salvation of souls. Remembered as a Christian martyr, he bore witness to the Lord with the ultimate gift of his life, dying at only thirty years of age. The Church honors his memory each year on July 10, inviting the faithful to contemplate his courage, his fidelity, and the missionary zeal that springs from love of Christ.