Francisca Aldea y Araújo
Spanish religious (1881–1936)
Feast: 20 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Madrid in Spain, Blesseds Rita of Our Lady of Sorrows of the Heart of Jesus Pujalte y Sánchez and Francisca of the Heart of Jesus Aldea y Araújo, virgins of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and martyrs, who, during the persecution that broke out in the course of the civil war, were arrested in the church of the College by enemies of the Church and shortly afterwards shot in the street.
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 20 July as a Sister of Charity of the Sacred Heart arrested in her college church in Madrid and shot in the street during the civil war.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 20 July (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3750956 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.