Maria Angela Astorch
Spanish religious figure and mystic
Feast: 2 December (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Murcia in Spain, Blessed Maria Angela Astorch, abbess of the Order of Poor Clares, who, a woman of great humility devoted to penance, offered kind comfort and counsel to nuns and lay people alike.
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 December as a Poor Clare abbess of great humility who comforted and counselled nuns and lay people.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 2 December (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q3028576 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Maria Angela Astorch (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.