Apolonia of the Blessed Sacrament
Spanish martyr (1867–1936)
Feast: 8 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Apolonia Lizárraga y Ochoa de Zabalegui also known by her religious name as Apolonia of the Blessed Sacrament (18 April 1867 – 8 September 1936) was a Spanish religious sister and superior general from the Carmelite Sisters of Charity. She was executed during the Spanish Civil War and beatified by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.
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The miracles
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
The cause
The cause continues. No postulation address is published here yet. Favours received through this person’s intercession, and offers of help, are best sent to the religious order or congregation they belonged to, or to the diocese where the cause was opened; either will pass them to the postulation.
- santiebeati.it - Beata Apollonia del Santissimo Sacramento (Lizarraga Ochoa de Zabalegui) — Lezaun 18 April 1867 - Barcelona 8 September 1936; virgin and martyr, feast 8 September, as in our record.
- Wikidata Q9158587 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Apolonia Lizárraga (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.