Blessed Urraca Of Cañas
Also known as: Urraca Díaz I de Haro
Blessed
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
7 June (Cistercians)
Born
C.1192 in La Rioja, Northern Castile, Spain
Died
1263 in Cañas, La Rioja, Spain of natural causes; incorrupt body interred in the church of the monastery of Cañas
Biography
Blessed Urraca of Cañas, also known as Urraca Díaz I de Haro, was born into the noble Castilian family of Diego López II of Haro and Toda Pérez de Azagra. She was the niece of Queen Urraca of León. Urraca married Count Álvaro Núñez de Lara in her early twenties and lived a aristocratic life. However, tragedy struck when she was widowed in 1218 at the young age of 26.
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