María del Carmen de la Purísima Concepción
Franciscan Conceptionist nun, in the world María del Carmen Rodríguez Fernández, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Sister of Inés de San José, she was born at Avedillo, near Zamora, on 28 October 1895 and made her solemn profession on 28 January 1919. Pope Francis beatified her with María del Carmen Lacaba Andía and her thirteen companions on 22 June 2019.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree on martyrdom counts her among the professed nuns killed out of hatred for the faith in 1936.
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 112 (2020), p. 83 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 22 June 2019
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.