Blessed Anna Maria Janer Anglarill

Memorial

• 11 January

Profile

Studied at the Real Colegio de Educandras. Worked as a nurse in the Castelltort Hospital. Director the House of Charity and cared for orphans, young people and the elderly. Teacher. Established a hospital for the poor. Founded the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family of Urgell on 29 June 1859. Today the Institute works in Spain, Andorra, Italy, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Equatorial Guinea; the Sisters work in schools, hospitals and nursing homes, missions, parishes and other apostolates.

Born

• 18 December 1800 in Cervera, Lleida, Spain

Died

• 11 January 1885 in Talarn, Lleida, Spain

Venerated

• 3 July 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 8 October 2011 by Pope Benedict XVI

Canoinzed

• if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Anna Maria, contact
     Sister María del Pilar Adín Carreras, SFU
     Germanes de la Sagrada Família d’Urgell
     Aptdo. 85
     08191 Rubí (Barcelona), SPAIN

Additional Information

• Hagiography Circle
• Santi e Beati

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Anna Maria Janer Anglarill“. Saints.SQPN.com. 11 January 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>