Ascensión of St Joseph Calasanz Lloret Marco
Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr at Gandía
Feast: 7 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Gandía in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Ascensión of Saint Joseph Calasanz Lloret Marco, virgin of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity and martyr, who in a time of persecution brought her fight for the faith to its 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 7 September as a Carmelite Sister of Charity who completed her fight for the faith as a martyr at Gandía.
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.
Connected on this site
- Joseph Calasanz Saint“In the town of Gandía in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed Ascensión of Saint Joseph Calasanz Lloret Marco, virgin of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity and martyr, who in a time of persecution brought her fight for the faith to its end.” — this site's research
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.