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María Pilar Izquierdo Albero

nun (1906–1945)

BlessedFull write-upSpain

Feast: 27 August (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)

Born

1906

Died

1945

Beatified

—

not on record

Canonised

—

not yet

Who they were

At San Sebastián in Spain, Blessed María Pilar Izquierdo Albero, virgin, who, long oppressed by poverty and serious illness, sought God in active love for the poor and the afflicted, and to serve them founded the Missionary Work of Jesus and Mary.

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 27 August as the founder of the Missionary Work of Jesus and Mary.

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

Roman Martyrology, 27 August (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
Wikidata Q2468909 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
English Wikipedia — María Pilar Izquierdo Albero (CC BY-SA)

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