Blessed Rita Josefa Pujalte Y Sánchez
Also known as: Sister Rita of Our Lady of Sorrows
Feast Day
20-Jul
Born
18 February 1853 in Aspe, Alicante, Spain
Died
Shot at 3.30pm on 20 July 1936 in Canillejas, Madrid, Spain; exhumed and found incorrupt in 1940; re-interred in the cemetery of Almudena, Madrid, Spain; body found incorrupt in 1954; re-interred in the chapel in Madrid Villaverde, Spain
Beatified
10 May 1998 by Pope John Paul II
Venerated
7 July 1997 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
Biography
Blessed Rita Josefa Pujalte Y Sánchez, also known as Sister Rita of Our Lady of Sorrows, was born on 18 February 1853 in Aspe, Alicante, Spain. She belonged to the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a religious order that focused on serving the poor and the sick.
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