Blessed Benigna Cardoso Da Silva

Blessed Benigna Cardoso Da Silva was born on October 15, 1928, in Sítio Oitis, Santana do Cariri, Ceará, Brazil. She was the youngest of four children born to José Cardoso da Silva and Thereza Maria da Silva. Tragically, Benigna's father passed away before she was born, and her mother died when she was just a year old. Consequently, she and her brother were taken in and raised by another family.