Saint Vincentia Maria Lopez y Vicuña

Memorial: 26 December
Profile: Daughter of a lawyer. Educated in Madrid. Refused a marriage that had been arranged by her parents. Lived with her aunt, Eulolia de Vicuna, who had founded a home for domestic servants. Vincentia took a private vow of chastity, and with her aunt's help, founded a group of women to minister to working girls. 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: 24 March 1847 at Cascante, Spain
Died: 26 December 1896 at Madrid, Spain of natural causes
Beatified: 19 February 1950 by Pope Pius XII
Canonized: 25 May 1975 by Pope Paul VI
Additional Information: Catholic Online
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