Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga
Spanish beatified woman (1843-1900)
Feast: 23 February (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
At Bilbao in Gascony in Spain, Blessed Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga, who, a mother of seven children, with her husband's consent took religious vows and founded the Institute of the Sisters of the Guardian Angels to protect young girls and guide them on the way of the Lord's commandments.
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 23 February as a mother of seven who founded the Sisters of the Guardian Angels to protect young girls.
The cause
Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga has been beatified; the cause continues. Favours received, and offers of help, go to the postulation, the office that carries the cause forward: Sisters of the Guardian Angels: Blessed Rafaela Ybarra.
- Roman Martyrology, 23 February (Italian Bishops' Conference, Santo del giorno)
- Wikidata Q2636771 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga (CC BY-SA)
Checked against the sources listed on 22 September 2026. Corrections welcome.