Joaquina Vedruna de Mas
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Joaquina Vedruna de Mas (or Joaquima in Catalan) (16 April 1783 – 28 August 1854) - born Joaquima de Vedruna Vidal de Mas, religious name Joaquina of Saint Francis of Assisi - was a Spanish religious sister and the founder of the Carmelite Sisters of Charity.[1] Her canonisation was celebrated on 12 April 1959.
Joaquina Vedruna de Mas | |
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Born | 17 April 1783 Vic, Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain |
Died | 28 August 1854 (71 years) Barcelona, Kingdom of Spain |
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 19 May 1940, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope Pius XII |
Canonized | 12 April 1959, Saint Peter's Basilica by Pope John XXIII |
Feast | 28 August, 22 May (Discalced Carmelites) |
First she married a nobleman despite her desire to become a nun though she and her husband both desired the religious life; the couple bore nine children but she and her children fled after Napoleon invaded the nation to which her husband remained to fight as a volunteer and later died leaving her widowed but free to pursue her religious inclinations.[2][3]