María Milagros Ortells Gimeno
Who they were
In the village of Picadero de Paterna, also in the territory of Valencia in Spain, Blessed María Milagros Ortells Gimeno, virgin of the Order of Capuchin Poor Clares and martyr, who in the same persecution was crowned with martyrdom for the witness of faith she gave to Christ.
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 20 November as a Capuchin Poor Clare martyred at Picadero de Paterna in the Spanish persecution.
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.
- Roman Martyrology, 20 November (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q23943307 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.