María Luisa de Jesús Girón y Romera
Sister of the Daughters of Mary of the Pious Schools, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom records that she was born at Bujalance in the province of Cordoba on 25 August 1887, entered the novitiate at Carabanchel in 1916 and professed on 31 March 1918, and that she spent most of her religious life in Cuba from 1920 to 1934 before returning to the girls of the college at Valencia; she said on several occasions that martyrdom awaited her. 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 says she was always cheerful and serene, to the admiration of her fellow sisters, and spoke of the martyrdom she expected.
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. 292 - 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.