María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga
Spanish Servant of God
Who they were
María del Pilar Cimadevilla y López-Dóriga was born in Madrid on 17 February 1952 and went to school with the Sisters of Christ the King. When she was not yet nine she was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, which caused her great pain.
She joined the Missionary Union of the Sick, offered her sufferings for the conversion of sinners and non-Christians, and gave up medicines that would have eased the pain. Devoted to the Eucharist, the Child Jesus and the Rosary, she died on 6 March 1962, aged ten.
The miracles
The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
A Madrid child who offered the pain of a fatal illness for others; her heroic virtue has been declared.
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 97 (2005), pp. 74-76 - Decree on heroic virtues, 19 April 2004
- Wikidata Q6782182 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — María del Pilar Cimadevilla López-Dóriga (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.