Blessed Ines De Beniganim
Also known as: Giuseppa Maria di Sant’Agnese; Giuseppa Teresa Albinàna; Ines Albiniani; Inez; Josefa María Albiñana Gomar; Josepha Maria; Josepha Maria of Saint Agnes; Josephine Mary of Saint Agnes; Mother Agnes
Feast Day
21 January; 23 January (Augustinians)
Born
9 February 1625 at Benigánim, Valencia, Spain
Died
21 January 1696 at Benigánim, Valencia, Spain of natural causes; relics enshrined in the chapel of the Augustinian monastery at Benigánim; relics stolen and lost or destroyed by anti-Catholic forces in the 1930’s during the Spanish Civil War
Beatified
26 February 1888 by Pope Leo XIII
Venerated
19 August 1838 by Pope Gregory XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
Biography
Blessed Ines De Beniganim, also known as Giuseppa Maria di Sant’Agnese, Giuseppa Teresa AlbinÖna, Ines Albiniani, Inez, Josefa María Albiñana Gomar, Josepha Maria, Josepha Maria of Saint Agnes, Josephine Mary of Saint Agnes, and Mother Agnes, was born on 9 February 1625 in Benigánim, Valencia, Spain. She was born into a poor family to Luigi and Vincenza Gomar. Unfortunately, her father passed away when she was very young, and she was largely raised by her uncle, who became a substitute father figure in her life.
Cause for Canonization
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