Saint María Natividad Venegas De La Torre
Also known as: María de Jesús Sacramentado; María of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament; Mary of the Blessed Sacrament Venegas de la Torre; Nati (childhood nickname)
Saint
Post-Congregation
Feast Day
July 30
Born
September 8, 1868
Died
July 30, 1959
Canonized
21 May 2000 by Pope John Paul II
Beatified
22 November 1992 by Pope John Paul II
Biography
Saint María Natividad Venegas De La Torre, also known as María de Jesús Sacramentado, was born on 8 September 1868 in La Tapona, Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, Mexico. She was the youngest of twelve children in a devout Catholic family. Her father worked as an accountant, and her mother was a homemaker. From a young age, Natividad was drawn to prayer and contemplation, and she made her first Communion at the age of nine....