Sarrià Capuchins

The Sarrià Capuchins are a community of the Capuchins that settled in Barcelona in 1578 after a request of the Consell de Cent , and against the will of the king Philip II.
After a request of the Consell de Cent in 1578, some Capuchins from Italy came to Barcelona, and they settled in the hermitage of Santa Madrona near Montjuïc. After a short period, they stayed for another short period in Sant Gervasi de Cassoles, but just in the same year the friars moved to a place called the Desert of Sarrià , where there was a chapel for Saint Eulalia, that had been built during the 15th century. it had been traditionally considered the birthplace of this martyr of Barcelona. Thus, in 1578, this place was given to the Capuchin friars so that they could found a convent of their order. This convent was the first one from their order in the Iberian Peninsula. This first Capuchin convent coexisted with the one of Montcalvari, that was also founded during those years outside the walls of Barcelona. During the 1714 siege in the War of the Spanish Succession the convent was taken by the army, but most of the Capuchins could remain in order to fulfil its religious duties, and the place was respected.

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