Blessed Candida Maria de Jesus
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- Also known as
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Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola
Juana Josefina Cipitria
- Memorial
- 12 May
- Profile
- Daughter of a weaver.
Foundress of the Daughters of Jesus on 8 December 1871, which received approval by Pope Leo XIII in 1902, and served as its superior.
She opened schools for children, and religious classes for the poor.
Known for the depth of her prayer life, and for instilling a love of prayer in the women in her order, and the children of their schools.
- Born
- 31 May 1845 at Berrospe, Andoain, Guipuzcoa, Spain as Juana Josefina Cipitria
- Died
- 9 August 1912 at Salamanca, Spain of natural causes
- Venerated
- 6 July 1993 by Pope John Paul II
- Beatified
- 12 May 1996 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending;
if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Candida, contact
Figlie di Gesł
Via Giovanni della Croce (Val Cannuta)
00166 Roma, ITALY
- Additional Information
- Kirken i Norge - norwegian
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- Readings
- Of my forty years in religious life, I cannot remember one moment that was not for God.
- Blessed Candida on her deathbed
Where there is no room for my poor, neither is there room for me.
- Blessed Candida on her deathbed