Melchora de la Adoración Cortés Bueno
Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Melchora de la Adoracion Cortés Bueno was born on 4 January 1894 at Sos del Rey Catolico near Zaragoza, made her religious vows as a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1919, and between 1924 and 1936 was a teacher at Leganes and directress of the College of the Immaculate Virgin Mary there. She was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis, at the head of a group of fifteen Daughters of Charity killed between 1936 and 1937.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
She was the head of the group of fifteen Daughters of Charity whose martyrdom the decree recognised.
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.
Connected on this site
- Vincent de Paul Saint“Melchora de la Adoracion Cortés Bueno was born on 4 January 1894 at Sos del Rey Catolico near Zaragoza, made her religious vows as a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1919, and between 1924 and 1936 was a teacher at Leganes and directress of the College of the Immaculate Virgin Mary there.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 105 (2013), p. 1 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 13 October 2013
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.