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Maria Cecilia Cendoya y Araquistan
Visitation nun, martyr of the persecution in Spain
BlessedResearched
Born
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unknown
Died
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unknown
Beatified
10 May 1998
by John Paul II
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints lists her, aged twenty-six, first among the companions of Maria Gabriela Hinojosa, the Visitation nuns put to death in 1936. She was beatified on 10 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Dicastery lists her among the Visitation nuns of Madrid put to death in 1936.
Sources
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - maria-gabriela-hinojosa-e-compagne
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 10 May 1998
- Wikidata R210502c1 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.