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Ascensión of St Joseph Calasanz Lloret Marco
Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr at Gandía
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Feast: 7 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the town of Gandía in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Ascensión of Saint Joseph Calasanz Lloret Marco, virgin of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity and martyr, who in a time of persecution brought her fight for the faith to its end.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 7 September as a Carmelite Sister of Charity who completed her fight for the faith as a martyr at Gandía.
Connected on this site
- Joseph Calasanz Saint“In the town of Gandía in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Ascensión of Saint Joseph Calasanz Lloret Marco, virgin of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity and martyr, who in a time of persecution brought her fight for the faith to its end.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 7 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Rfe31dbc3 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.