Mercedes de Jesús Egido
Spanish Conceptionist nun and Servant of God (1935–2004)
Who they were
Mercedes de Jesús Egido y Izquierdo (29 March 1935 – 3 August 2004) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun of the Order of the Immaculate Conception who undertook a major reform of the Order's way of life. The cause for her beatification is being investigated by the Holy See.
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The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information available on this saint.
- Wikidata Q3544258 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mercedes de Jesús Egido (CC BY-SA)
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