Ignacia del Espíritu Santo
Filipino religious sister (1663-1748)
Who they were
Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, also known as "Mother Ignacia" (February 1, 1663 – September 10, 1748) was a Filipino religious sister of the Catholic Church. She was known for her acts of piety and religious poverty and founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first congregation for native Filipino women with approved pontifical status on the Philippines.
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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.
- CatholicSaints.Info - Venerable Ignacia del Espiritu Santo Juco — Foundress of the Religious of the Virgin Mary in Manila; her heroic virtues were recognised in 2007.
- Wikidata Q5992192 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Ignacia del Espíritu Santo (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.