Raimunda Cao Fernández
Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul, martyr of the persecution in Spain
Who they were
Raimunda Cao Fernández was born in the village of Rua de Valdeorras near Ourense on 11 September 1883, made her religious vows as a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1906 and nursed at the same El Neveral hospital in Jaen. The decree says that on 12 August 1936 two sisters travelling from Jaen to Madrid were forced off their train and killed at Madrid, and thrown into a pit in the Vallecas cemetery; she was beatified on 13 October 2013 by Pope Francis.
The miracles
As a martyr she was raised to the altars without a miracle.
Why that counted as sanctity
She was dragged off a train on the way from Jaen to Madrid and killed on 12 August 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.
Connected on this site
- Vincent de Paul Saint“Raimunda Cao Fernández was born in the village of Rua de Valdeorras near Ourense on 11 September 1883, made her religious vows as a Daughter of Charity of St Vincent de Paul in 1906 and nursed at the same El Neveral hospital in Jaen.” — this site's research
- Acta Apostolicae Sedis 105 (2013), p. 1009 - 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.