Maria of the Incarnation Rosal
founder of the Bethlehemite Sisters
Feast: 24 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Tulcan in Ecuador, Blessed Maria of the Incarnation (Maria Vicenta) Rosal, virgin, who founded the Bethlehemite Sisters, above all to uphold the dignity of women and to give girls a Christian formation.
The miracles
The Roman Martyrology does not describe the miracles approved in the cause.
Why that counted as sanctity
The Roman Martyrology remembers her on 24 August as the founder of the Bethlehemite Sisters, who worked to uphold the dignity of women and to give girls a Christian formation.
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, 24 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q456815 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.