Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro
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Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro (6 June 1837 – 8 August 1905) was the co-foundress of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of St. Joseph, who developed the "Nazareth workshop" as both a new format for consecrated life and to help poor and unemployed women.[1] They were an innovative foundation of Religious Sisters in Spain in the nineteenth century.[2]
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Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro | |
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Foundress | |
Born | (1837-06-03)3 June 1837 Salamanca, Spain |
Died | 8 August 1905(1905-08-08) (aged 68) Zamora, Spain |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 9 November 2003, St. Peter's Basilica by Pope John Paul II |
Canonized | 23 October 2011, Rome by Pope Benedict XVI |
Attributes | Co-foundress of the Servants of St. Joseph |
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