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María Evangelista Quintero Malfaz

VenerableFull write-up

Born

6 January 1591

verified

Died

27 November 1648

verified

Venerable

24 October 2025

Vatican record

Canonised

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not yet

The Vatican record

24 October 2025 — Heroic virtue declared — title Venerable (decree list, 2025)

Who they were

María Evangelista Quintero Malfaz was a professed nun of the Cistercian Order, born at Cigales, Spain, on 6 January 1591, who died at Casarrubios del Monte, Spain, on 27 November 1648. Pope Leo XIV recognised her heroic virtue on 24 October 2025.

The miracles

The Church has not yet approved a miracle in this cause.

Why that counted as sanctity

The Church recognised her heroic virtue in 2025.

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.

Sources

Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - decrees published in 2025
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints — promulgated decrees (causesanti.va), summarised in our own words
Not yet in Wikidata. Name as the Vatican spells it.

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