Martyrs of Puerta De Hierro
Saint
Martyr
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
August 12
Died
August 12, 1936
Beatified
27 October 2013 by Pope Benedict XVI
Biography
The Martyrs of Puerta de Hierro, also known as Estefanía Saldaña Mayoral, María Asunción Mayoral Peña, María Dolores Barroso Villaseñor, María Severina Díaz-Pardo Gauna, and Melchora Adoración Cortés Bueno, were a group of five nuns who belonged to the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul in the Archdiocese of Madrid, Spain....