Josefina Bonaventura Sauleda Paulís
Dominican nun, prioress and novice mistress, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Josefina Bonaventura Sauleda Paulís was born at Sant Pol de Mar near Barcelona on 30 July 1885 and became a nun of the Barcelona monastery of Our Lady of Montsió, where she was twice prioress for three years and then mistress of novices, known for charity and for fervour in her duties.
She was seized, tortured and killed on 31 August 1936. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Antero Mateo García and his eleven companions of the Second and Third Orders of Saint Dominic.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom records that she was seized, tortured and put to death on 31 August 1936.
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
- Antero Mateo García Blessed“She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Antero Mateo García and his eleven companions of the Second and Third Orders of Saint Dominic.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 98 (2006), p. 174 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.