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María Fenollosa Alcaina
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Feast: 27 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1901
Died
1936
Beatified
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not on record
Canonised
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not yet
Who they were
In the village of Gilet in the territory of Valencia, likewise in Spain, Blessed martyrs Francisca Javiera (María) Fenollosa Alcayna, religious of the Third Order of Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, and Herminia Martínez Amigó, mother of a family, who, in the same persecution, confirmed their faithfulness to the Lord with their blood.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 27 September as a Capuchin Tertiary sister of the Holy Family martyred at Gilet.
Connected on this site
- José Fenollosa Alcayna Blessed Brother or sister
- Herminia Martínez Amigó Blessed“In the village of Gilet in the territory of Valencia, likewise in Spain, Blessed martyrs Francisca Javiera (María) Fenollosa Alcayna, religious of the Third Order of Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, and Herminia Martínez Amigó, mother of a family, who, in the same persecution, confirmed their faithfulness to…” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 27 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9263157 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.