Margarita María López de Maturana
Roman Catholic nun from Bilbao, Spain
Feast: 23 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Blessed María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate (25 July 1884 – 23 July 1934), also known by her religious name Margarita María, was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Mercedarian Missionaries of Bérriz. The religious made several international trips in order to serve in the missions as her order often dabbled in and undertook these trips despite a serious ulcer that transcended into stomach cancer but nevertheless she continued to promote the charism of the missions.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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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.
- Santi, beati e testimoni — BeataMargherita Maria Lopez de Maturana — BeataMargherita Maria Lopez de Maturana — Fondatrice — Bilbao, Spagna, 25 luglio 1884 - San Sebastián, Spagna, 23 luglio 1934 — feast 23 luglio
- Wikidata Q948354 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — María Pilar López de Maturana Ortiz de Zárate (CC BY-SA)
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