Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín
Spanish nun (1544-1594)
Who they were
Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín, religious name Catalina de Cristo, (1544-1594) was a Carmelite nun and associate of Teresa of Ávila.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
The Church has declared this person’s heroic virtue, which is what the title Venerable means. One approved miracle is needed before beatification.
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.
Connected on this site
- Teresa of Ávila Saint“Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín, religious name Catalina de Cristo, (1544-1594) was a Carmelite nun and associate of Teresa of Ávila.” — Wikipedia
- Santi, beati e testimoni — Serva di Dio Caterina di Cristo — 'Serva di Dio Caterina di Cristo, Carmelitana, Madrigal de las Altas Torres, Spagna, 28 ottobre 1544 - Barcellona, Spagna, 3 gennaio 1594' — Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martin in religion; her cause is open in the archdi
- Wikidata Q3819196 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Catalina de Balmaseda y San Martín (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.