Purificación de María
Handmaid of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, martyr of the persecution in Spain; in the world María de la Purificación Martínez Vera
Who they were
The decree on martyrdom describes her as a professed religious of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity, born on 15 June 1910 at Añavieja in the diocese of Tarazona, who bound herself by temporary vows on 7 May 1933; in the world she was María de la Purificación Martínez Vera. She was beatified on 28 October 2007 by Pope Benedict XVI.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
Named in the decree on martyrdom among Manuela del Corazón de Jesús and twenty-two companions of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament and of Charity killed in Spain in 1936.
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.
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 99 (2007), p. 624 - decree on martyrdom
- Dicastery for the Causes of Saints - beatifications of 28 October 2007
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.