Maria de la Purificación od św. Józefa Ximénez Ximénez
Who they were
In the village of Benicalap in the same territory in Spain, the blessed martyrs Sofía Ximénez Ximénez, mother of a family, Maria de la Purificación od św. Józefa Ximénez Ximénez and María Josefa del Río Mesa, virgins of the Institute of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity, who through the hard trial of martyrdom attained the glory that knows no end.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 23 September as a Carmelite Sister of Charity martyred at Benicalap.
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
- Sofía Ximénez Ximénez Blessed“In the village of Benicalap in the same territory in Spain, the blessed martyrs Sofía Ximénez Ximénez, mother of a family, Maria de la Purificación od św.” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 23 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q23943240 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.