María de la Asunción Mayoral Peña
Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
María de la Asuncion Mayoral Pena was born in the village of Tardajos near Burgos on 19 August 1879, made her religious vows as a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1902 and nursed the blind at a hospital in Madrid; forced to leave in 1936, she went on to Leganes, where she was seized and put in chains. She was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis, among the companions of Melchora de la Adoracion Cortés Bueno.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Driven out of the hospital where she nursed the blind, she was arrested at Leganes.
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
- Vincent de Paul Saint“María de la Asuncion Mayoral Pena was born in the village of Tardajos near Burgos on 19 August 1879, made her religious vows as a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1902 and nursed the blind at a hospital in Madrid; forced to leave in 1936, she went on to Leganes, where she was seized and put in chains.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 105 (2013), p. 1 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.