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Blessed Francisca Aldea Y Araujo
Blessed Francisca Aldea Y Araujo

Blessed Francisca Aldea Y Araujo

Also known as: Sister Francisca of the Heart of Jesus

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

20-Jul

Born

17 December 1881 in Somolinos, Guadalajara, Spain

Died

Shot on 20 July 1936 in Canillejas, Madrid, Spain; exhumed and found incorrupt in 1940; re-interred in the chapel of the Sisters of Charity college in Villaverde, Spain in 1954

Beatified

10 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II

Venerated

7 July 1997 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Francisca Aldea y Araujo, also known as Sister Francisca of the Heart of Jesus, was born on 17 December 1881 in Somolinos, Guadalajara, Spain. Orphaned at an early age, Francisca grew up and received her education at Saint Susanna's College in Madrid, which was a school run by the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified
Beatified1998-05-10 by 10 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II
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