María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui
Roman catholic Spanish nun, blessed (1898-1919)
Feast: 27 April (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui was born at Tolosa, Guipúzcoa, on 6 May 1898, the second of fifteen children of a lawyer. Frail but very sensitive, she went from childhood to the school of the Daughters of Jesus.
She joined the Daughters of Jesus and died at Salamanca on 27 April 1919, a year after her profession, serene even in desolation.
The miracles
The Dicastery's biography does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A young sister who stayed serene in desolation and gave God her short life.
The cause
María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Daughters of Jesus: Blessed Maria Antonia Bandres.
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - biography: María Antonia Bandrés y Elósegui
- Wikidata Q3850591 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — María Antonia Bandrés Elósegui (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 21 September 2026. Corrections welcome.