Saint Vincenza María López y Vicuña

Also known as

• Vicenta María López Vicuña

Memorial

• 26 December

Profile

Daughter of a lawyer. Educated in Madrid, Spain. As a young woman she refused an arranged marriage and took a private vow of chastity. She lived with her aunt, Eulolia de Vicuna, who had founded a home for domestic servants. With her aunt’s help, Vincenza founded a group of women to minister to working girls, who were open to all sorts of abuse. She developed a Rule for the group, and in 1878 with three companions she took vows. They formed what became the Daughters of Mary Immaculate for Domestic Service which received papal approval from Pope Leo XIII in 1888, and which in Vincentia’s life had spread throughout Europe and Latin America.

Born

• 22 March 1847 at Cascante, Navarre, Spain

Died

• 26 December 1890 in Madrid, Spain of natural causes

Venerated

• 21 March 1943 by Pope Pius XII (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 19 February 1950 by Pope Pius XII

Canonized

• 25 May 1975 by Pope Paul VI

Additional Information

• Abbé Stéphane Ansart
• Book of Saints, by the Monks of Ramsgate
• Catholic Online
• Hagiography Circle
• Kirken i Norge
• Our Sunday Visitor’s Encyclopedia of Saints

MLA Citation

• “Saint Vincenza María López y Vicuña“. Saints.SQPN.com. 17 January 2013. Web. 19 June 2013. <>