Mariana de Jesús Torres
Ecuadorian abbess (1563–1635)
Who they were
Mariana Francisca de Jesús Torres y Berriochoa OIC, (1563, Biscay – 16 January 1635, Quito), was an abbess of the Conceptionist Monastery of Quito from 1594 to 1635.
Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), until this page is written up in full.
The miracles
A cause for canonisation has been opened, which is what Servant of God means. Heroic virtue has not yet been declared and no miracle has been examined.
Why that counted as sanctity
Limited information is available on this saint so far.
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.
- santiebeati.it - Serva di Dio Marianna Francesca di Gesu (Mariana Francisca Torres Berriochoa) — Biscay 1563 - Quito 16 January 1635; Conceptionist abbess, Servant of God; date of death matches our feast 16 January.
- Wikidata Q60835965 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Mariana de Jesús Torres (CC BY-SA)
Not yet written up in full. The Catholic source above names this person; the name, dates and step come from Wikidata and are not yet checked against Church records.