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Luisa Sosa Fontenla (Madre Luisa de Jesús Nazareno)

Spanish founder of the Obra de Jesús Nazareno in Nerva, Huelva

Servant of GodFull write-upSpain
Born
14 January 1918
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Died
25 November 2017
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Beatified
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not yet
Canonised
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not yet

Who they were

She founded the Obra de Jesús Nazareno at Nerva in 1955 to care for the poor and elderly.

The miracles

No miracle has been approved. The cause is at its first stage.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Diocese of Huelva is conducting the cause of beatification of the Servant of God Madre Luisa Sosa Fontenla, opened after the nihil obstat from the Holy See in 2023; the diocese constituted the historical and archival commission of the cause on 11 September 2026.

The cause

The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

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