Máxima de San José
Handmaid of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, martyr of the persecution in Spain; in the world Emilia Echevarría Fernández
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom describes her as a professed religious of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, born on 5 April 1881 at Dicastillo in the archdiocese of Pamplona, who made temporary vows on 31 December 1905 and perpetual vows on 10 February 1911; in the world she was Emilia Echevarría Fernández. 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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 99 (2007), p. 623 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
- Wikidata Ra6b13674 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.