Blessed María Luisa Bonilla Benavides
Blessed
Martyr
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
27-Aug
Born
1902
Died
27 August 1936 in Posadas, Córdoba, Spain
Beatified
16 October 2021 by Pope Francis; beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción, Córdoba, Spain, presided by Cardinal Marcello Semeraro
Venerated
23 November 2020 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed María Luisa Bonilla Benavides, also known as María Bonilla, was a lay woman in the diocese of Córdoba, Spain, who was martyred during the Spanish Civil War. She was born in 1902 and hailed from the town of Posadas in Córdoba.
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