Josefa Naval Girbés
Spanish Secular Carmelite (1820-1893)
Feast: 24 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Josefa Naval Girbés was born at Algemesí, Valencia, on 11 December 1820, the eldest of six children. At eighteen, with her spiritual director's approval, she made a vow of chastity.
A simple woman, docile to the Spirit, she lived consecrated to God in the world and gave herself to teaching children the catechism in her home town, reaching the heights of Christian perfection in serving her neighbour.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A laywoman who gave her life to God at home and taught the children of her town the faith.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: Josefa Naval Girbés
- Wikidata Q2612902 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Josefa Naval Girbés (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.