Juana María Condesa Lluch
Spanish religious servant (1862-1916)
Feast: 16 January (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Valencia in Spain, Blessed Juana María Condesa Lluch, virgin, who with a ready spirit of charity and sacrifice devoted herself in humble industry to helping the poor, children and young working women, for whose protection and instruction she founded the Congregation of the Handmaids of the Immaculate Conception, Protectresses of Working Women.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 16 January as the founder of a congregation to protect and teach young working women in Valencia.
The cause
Juana María Condesa Lluch has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Slaves of Mary Immaculate: Blessed Juana Maria Condesa Lluch.
- Roman Martyrology, 16 January (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3810951 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Juana María Condesa Lluch (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.