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María de los Ángeles

Daughter of the House of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, martyr of the persecution in Spain; in the world María de la Merced Tuñi Ustech

BlessedResearched
Born
unknown
Died
unknown
Beatified
28 October 2007
by Benedict XVI
Canonised
not yet

Who they were

The decree on martyrdom lists her among the Daughters of the House of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, born on 17 June 1888 at Girona, who stayed for a time with the Girona community and moved to Madrid in 1925; in the world she was María de la Merced Tuñi Ustech. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.

The miracles

As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

Named in the decree on martyrdom among Manuela del Corazón de Jesús and twenty-two companions of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity killed in Spain in 1936.

Connected on this site

  • Angela of the Cross Saint
    “Angela of the Cross Guerrero y González, HCC (Spanish: Ángela de la Cruz or María de los Ángeles Guerrero González; 30 January 1846 – 2 March 1932) was a Spanish religious sister and the foundress of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross, a Catholic religious institute dedicated to helping the abandoned poor and…” — Wikipedia
  • Ángels Ginard Martí Blessed
    “As Sister María de los Ángeles of the Zealous Sisters of Eucharistic Worship she taught children to pray and the catechism.” — this site's research
Sources

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