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Blessed Isabel Sánchez Romero

Also known as: Sister Asunción of Saint Joseph; Sister Ascensión de San José; Isabella…

Blessed

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

17-Feb

Born

9 May 1861 in Huéscar, Granada, Spain

Died

Skull smashed with a rock on 17 February 1937 at the cemetery in Huéscar, Granada, Spain

Venerated

11 December 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed Isabel Sánchez Romero, also known as Sister Asunción of Saint Joseph or Sister Ascensión de San José, was born on May 9, 1861, in Huéscar, Granada, Spain. At the age of 17, she made the decision to join the Dominicans and took the name Sister Ascensión de San José.

Cause for Canonization

Beatified

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