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María Rosa Adrover Martí

Dominican sister, teacher and sacristan, martyr of the persecution in Spain

BlessedFull write-up

Born

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unknown

Died

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unknown

Beatified

28 October 2007

by Benedict XVI

Canonised

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not yet

Who they were

María Rosa Adrover Martí was born on 22 July 1888 at San Roque in the province of Cádiz and in 1920 joined the community of Saint Catherine of Siena in Barcelona, where she was a teacher and sacristan and kept the rule faithfully.

She was seized and killed in the night between 7 and 8 August 1936 together with Sister María del Carmen Zarazoga y Zaragoza. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Antero Mateo García and his eleven companions of the Second and Third Orders of Saint Dominic.

The miracles

As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.

Why that counted as sanctity

The decree on martyrdom records that she was killed in the night between 7 and 8 August 1936 with her sister in religion.

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.

Connected on this site

Catherine of Siena Saint
“María Rosa Adrover Martí was born on 22 July 1888 at San Roque in the province of Cádiz and in 1920 joined the community of Saint Catherine of Siena in Barcelona, where she was a teacher and sacristan and kept the rule faithfully.” — this site's research
Antero Mateo García Blessed
“She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Benedict XVI, among Antero Mateo García and his eleven companions of the Second and Third Orders of Saint Dominic.” — this site's research
María del Carmen Zarazoga y Zaragoza Blessed
“She was seized and killed in the night between 7 and 8 August 1936 together with Sister María del Carmen Zarazoga y Zaragoza.” — this site's research

Sources

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