Saint Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña | |
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Foundress | |
Born | 24 March 1847 Cascante, Spain |
Died | 26 December 1896 Madrid, Spain |
Honored in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 19 February 1950 by Pope Pius XII |
Canonized | 25 May 1975 by Pope Paul VI |
Feast | December 26 |
Saint Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña was the Spanish foundress of Daughters of Mary Immaculate for Domestic Service, a religious congregation dedicated to the ministering to working girls. The congregation received papal approval from Pope Leo XIII in 1888.[1]