María del Consuelo González Rodríguez
Sister of the Daughters of the Patronage of Holy Mary, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
María del Consuelo González Rodríguez, a sister of the Congregation of the Daughters of the Patronage of Holy Mary, was born on 26 July 1848 and suffered martyrdom on 8 August 1936; the decree gives her religious name as María Josefa del Consuelo and her name in the world as Josefa Rafaela Ana. She was beatified on 16 October 2021 by Pope Francis among Juan Elías Medina and 126 companions of the diocese of Córdoba.
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 put to death in hatred of the faith during the persecution of the Church in Spain.
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
- Juan Elías Medina Blessed“She was beatified on 16 October 2021 by Pope Francis among Juan Elías Medina and 126 companions of the diocese of Córdoba.” — this site's research
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - giovanni-elias-medina-e-126-compagni
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 16 October 2021
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 113 (2021), p. 854 - decree on martyrdom
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.