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Candida Maria of Jesus
Spanish saint (1845-1912)
SaintResearchedSpainPost-1588
Feast: 9 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1845
verified
Died
1912
verified
Beatified
12 May 1996
by John Paul II
Canonised
17 October 2010
by Benedict XVI
Who they were
Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola answered her first call with the words 'I, for God alone'. She founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus to share in the Christian formation of children.
At the end she could say: 'Forty years of religious life, and forty years all for God', and meet death 'most tranquilly tranquil'.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
She lived her whole life 'for God alone' and gave it to the education of children.
Connected on this site
- María de Jesús Blessed“Cándida María de Jesús (31 May 1845 – 9 August 1912), born in Andoain, as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola, was a Spanish nun and the founder of the Daughters of Jesus.” — Wikipedia
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Cándida María de Jesús
- Wikidata Q289872 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Candida Maria of Jesus (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.