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Sofía Ximénez Ximénez
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Feast: 22 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Born
1876
Died
1936
Beatified
11 March 2001
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Canonised
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Who they were
In the village of Benicalap in the same territory in Spain, the blessed martyrs Sofía Ximénez Ximénez, mother of a family, María de la Purificación of Saint Joseph Ximénez and María Josefa del Río Mesa, virgins of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, who through the hard trial of martyrdom attained the glory that knows no end.
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 23 September as a mother of a family martyred at Benicalap.
Connected on this site
- Maria Józefa od św. Zofii del Río Messa Blessed“In the village of Benicalap in the same territory in Spain, the blessed martyrs Sofía Ximénez Ximénez, mother of a family, María de la Purificación of Saint Joseph Ximénez and Maria Józefa od św.” — this site's research
- Maria de la Purificación od św. Józefa Ximénez Ximénez Blessed“In the village of Benicalap in the same territory in Spain, the blessed martyrs Sofía Ximénez Ximénez, mother of a family, Maria de la Purificación od św.” — this site's research
Sources
- Roman Martyrology, 23 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9391896 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.