Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña

Saint Vincentia Maria López y Vicuña
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]

References

  1. ^ http://saints.sqpn.com/saintv38.htm Patron Saints Index