Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo
Venezuelan religious (1875–1967)
Feast: 2 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Maracay in Venezuela, Blessed María of Saint Joseph (Laura) Alvarado, virgin, who founded the Augustinian Recollects of the Sacred Heart and was always lovingly attentive to orphan girls, the elderly and the abandoned poor.
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 2 April as a virgin who founded the Augustinian Recollects of the Sacred Heart and cared for orphan girls, the elderly and the abandoned poor.
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
- José Gregorio Hernández Saint“During her life she was contemporaries with José Gregorio Hernández.” — Wikipedia
- María de San José Blessed“Upon her profession she assumed the religious name María de San José.” — Wikipedia
- Roman Martyrology, 2 April (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q927074 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Laura Evangelista Alvarado Cardozo (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.