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María del Carmen Zarazoga y Zaragoza

Dominican sister, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

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unknown

Beatified

28 October 2007

by Benedict XVI

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

María del Carmen Zarazoga y Zaragoza was born on 1 June 1889 at Villajoyosa in the province of Alicante and in 1916 entered the community of Saint Catherine of Siena in Barcelona, today the Dominican Sisters Teachers of the Immaculate Conception, where she carried out the duties of her state and was always ready and cheerful in helping and caring for her sisters.

She won the palm of martyrdom in the night between 7 and 8 August 1936. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Antero Mateo García and his eleven companions of the Second and Third Orders of Saint Dominic.

The miracles

As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

The decree on martyrdom records that she was killed in the night between 7 and 8 August 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.

A miracle approved by the Holy See is needed for the next step. If you know the postulation’s own page, tell us and it will be added here.

Connected on this site

Catherine of Siena Saint
“María del Carmen Zarazoga y Zaragoza was born on 1 June 1889 at Villajoyosa in the province of Alicante and in 1916 entered the community of Saint Catherine of Siena in Barcelona, today the Dominican Sisters Teachers of the Immaculate Conception, where she carried out the duties of her state and was always ready…” — this site's research
Antero Mateo García Blessed
“She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Antero Mateo García and his eleven companions of the Second and Third Orders of Saint Dominic.” — this site's research
María Rosa Adrover Martí Blessed
“She was seized and killed in the night between 7 and 8 August 1936 together with Sister María del Carmen Zarazoga y Zaragoza.” — this site's research

Sources

Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.