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Blessed María Fenollosa Alcaina

Also known as: Sister Francisca Javier of Rafelbunyol

Blessed
Post-Congregation

Feast Day

28-Sep

Born

24 May 1901 in Rafelbunyol, Valencia, Spain

Died

28 September 1936 in Gilet, Valencia, Spain; body dumped in a cemetery

Beatified

11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

Biography

Blessed María Fenollosa Alcaina, also known as Sister Francisca Javier of Rafelbunyol, was born on 24 May 1901 in Rafelbunyol, Valencia, Spain. She grew up in a devout Catholic family and from a young age, felt a calling to dedicate her life to God. In 1921, she joined the Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family, a religious order founded in Valencia, Spain. Blessed María made her perpetual vows as a nun in 1928.

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