María del Pilar Isabel Sánchez Suárez
Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
María del Pilar Isabel Sánchez Suárez was born at Madrid on 5 November 1906, made her religious vows as a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1930 and worked as an assistant in an operating theatre. The decree places her among the two sisters serving at the Santa Cristina hospital in Madrid who were killed on 31 October 1936 and buried in a pit in the eastern cemetery, and she was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
She was killed on 31 October 1936 with the sister who worked beside her at the Santa Cristina hospital.
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
- Vincent de Paul Saint“María del Pilar Isabel Sánchez Suárez was born at Madrid on 5 November 1906, made her religious vows as a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1930 and worked as an assistant in an operating theatre.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 105 (2013), p. 1009 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.