Feliciana Uribe Orbe
Spanish Carmelite nun
Who they were
Feliciana de Uribe Orbe was born in Mugica, Biscay, Spain, on 8 March 1893, and entered the novitiate of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity at Vitoria in 1913. Her only assignment was as a nurse at the House of Mercy, where she earned the respect of young and old alike, guiding everyone gently but firmly toward good order, faith and cleanliness, always finding the right word.
She was killed with eleven companion sisters at Picadero de Paterna, near Valencia, on 24 November 1936, and was beatified with them by Pope John Paul II on 11 March 2001.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Carmelite Sister of Charity, nurse at the House of Mercy, martyred with eleven companions at Paterna on 24 November 1936; beatified 11 March 2001.
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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni (santiebeati.it) - Beata Feliciana di Nostra Signora del Monte Carmelo de Uribe Orbe
- Wikidata Q16517239 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.