Antonia María de Oviedo y Schönthal
co-founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer
Who they were
Antonia Maria de Oviedo Schöntal (16 March 1822 – 28 February 1898) was a Swiss-Spanish religious sister in the Roman Catholic Church and the co-founder of the Oblate Sisters of the Most Holy Redeemer, a congregation that she established with the Benedictine Bishop José María Serra. She assumed the religious name Antonia María of Mercy and worked alongside poor and disadvantaged women.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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- Hermanas Oblatas del Santísimo Redentor — Mother Antonia (official congregation site) — The founding congregation's own site: 'The Church recognizes Antonia as Venerable on July 7, 1962 and we continue to trust her as intercessor.' Dates given there (16 March 1822 – 28 February 1898) match.
- Wikidata Q5697578 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Antonia de Oviedo Schöntal (CC BY-SA)
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