María Dolores Vidal Cervera de San Francisco Javier
Carmelite Sister of Charity, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom records that she was born in 1895 and names her among the twenty-four sisters of the Congregation of Carmelite Sisters of Charity put to death in 1936. She was beatified on 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The decree names her among the Carmelite Sisters of Charity killed in the persecution of 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 92 (2000), p. 14 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 11 March 2001
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.