María de Jesús de la Yglesias y de Varo
Sister of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom records that she was born at Cabra in the province of Cordoba on 25 March 1891, was a pupil from 1899 of the college the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools had founded in her home town, and made her religious profession at Carabanchel on 11 December 1911; she taught at Carabanchel, at Santa Victoria in the province of Cordoba and at Madrid from 1922 until 1936, and from 1935 was superior of the college. She was beatified on 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree says she carried out her teaching work with skill and with full care for her pupils and former pupils.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 92 (2000), p. 293 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 March 2001
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.