Blessed Esperanza De Jesus
Also known as: Giuseppa Alhama Valera; María Esperanza of Jesus; María Josefa Alhama Valera; Sister Speranza di Gesù; Sister Hope of Jesus
Feast Day
8-Feb
Born
30 September 1893 in Santomera, Murcia, Spain as Josefa Alhama Valera
Died
8 February 1983 in Collevalenza, Perugia, Italy; interred in the crypt of the Sanctuary of Merciful Love in Collevalenza
Beatified
31 May 2014 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at the Sanctuary of Merciful Love, Collevallenza, Perugia, Italy, presided by Cardinal Angelo Amato; her beatification miracle involved the survival of a child named Francesco Maria in Monza, Italy, who, as an newborn in 1998, was starving due to an inability to digest anything, but was healed by drinking water from the sanctuary of Mother Esperanza
Venerated
23 April 2002 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Esperanza De Jesus, also known as Giuseppa Alhama Valera, María Esperanza of Jesus, María Josefa Alhama Valera, Sister Speranza di Gesù, and Sister Hope of Jesus, was born on 30 September 1893 in Santomera, Murcia, Spain as Josefa Alhama Valera. She was the eldest of nine children born to a peasant family.
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