Blessed Teresa of the Child Jesus Saint John of the Cross
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- Memorial
- 24 July
- Profile
- Discalced Carmelite nun at the monastery of Guadalajara, Spain.
Along with
Blessed Maria Angeles of Saint Joseph and
Blessed Maria Pilar of Saint Francis Borgia
she was one of the first of the hundreds of martyrs of the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939.
The mob that murdered her offered her freedom if she would say "Viva el Comunismo!" ("Long live Communism"); she answered "Viva Christo Rey!".
- Born
- 5 March 1909 at Mochales, Spain
- Died
- shot in the streets by Communists on 24 July 1936
- Beatified
- 29 March 1987 by Pope John Paul II
- Canonized
- pending
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