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Josefa de San Juan de Dios
blessed martyr of the Spanish Civil War (1854-1936)
Feast: 6 November (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the town of Buñol near Valencia, also in Spain, Blesseds Josefa of Saint John of God Ruano García and María Dolores of Saint Eulalia Puig Bonany, virgins of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly and martyrs, who, in the same persecution against the faith, shedding their own blood received the crown of glory.
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 8 September as a Sister of the Abandoned Elderly martyred at Buñol in Spain.
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
- John of God Saint“In the town of Buñol near Valencia, also in Spain, Blesseds Josefa of Saint John of God Ruano García and María Dolores of Saint Eulalia Puig Bonany, virgins of the Congregation of the Sisters of the Abandoned Elderly and martyrs, who, in the same persecution against the faith, shedding their own blood received the…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 8 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q42881473 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.