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Maria was born to a wealthy and very pious family. She lived in Portugal from 1936 to 1938 to escape the persecutions of the Spanish Civil War. She became a nun, joining the Institute of the Sisters of the Company of the Cross on 8 December 1944, and making her final vows in 1952. She was the superior general of her Order in 1977.
Born
- 20 February 1926 in Madrid, Spain
Died
- 31 October 1998 in Seville, Spain of natural causes
Venerated
- 17 January 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Beatified
- 18 September 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI
Canonized
- 18 October 2015 by Pope Francis at Rome, Italy
- the canonization miracle involved the recovery of a man from a vegetative state through the intercession of Mother Maria
Source: https://mycatholic.life/saints/saints-of-the-liturgical-year/#TOC-October
