María Fenollosa Alcaina
Feast: 27 September (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
In the village of Gilet in the territory of Valencia, likewise in Spain, Blessed martyrs Francisca Javiera (María) Fenollosa Alcayna, religious of the Third Order of Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, and Herminia Martínez Amigó, mother of a family, who, in the same persecution, confirmed their faithfulness to the Lord with their blood.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 27 September as a Capuchin Tertiary sister of the Holy Family martyred at Gilet.
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
- José Fenollosa Alcayna Blessed Brother or sister
- Herminia Martínez Amigó Blessed“In the village of Gilet in the territory of Valencia, likewise in Spain, Blessed martyrs Francisca Javiera (María) Fenollosa Alcayna, religious of the Third Order of Capuchin Sisters of the Holy Family, and Herminia Martínez Amigó, mother of a family, who, in the same persecution, confirmed their faithfulness to…” — this site's research
- Roman Martyrology, 27 September (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q9263157 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.