Blessed María De La Concepción Rodríguez Fernández

Also known as: María del Carmen of the Immaculate Conception

Blessed

Martyr

Post-Congregation

Feast Day

22-Aug

Born

29 September 1895 in Puebla de Sanabria, Zamora, Spain

Died

22 August 1936 in Vicálvaro, Madrid, Spain

Beatified

1 June 2019 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of La Almudena, Madrid, Spain, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu

Venerated

15 January 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Biography

Blessed María De La Concepción Rodríguez Fernández, also known as María del Carmen of the Immaculate Conception, was a Conceptionist nun who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. She was born on September 29, 1895, in Puebla de Sanabria, Zamora, Spain.

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