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The Servants of St. Joseph (Spanish: Siervas de San José, who use the postnominal initials SSJ) form an international congregation of religious sisters in the Roman Catholic Church. It was founded by Saint Bonifacia Rodríguez-Castro on January 7, 1874, with the support and guidance of a Catalan Jesuit , Fr. Francesc Xavier Butinyà i Hospital ...
Ven. Luisa Marcelina de San Jose Aveledo y Aveledo (1874–1959), foundress, Sisters of the Poor of Saint Peter Claver (Colombia and Venezuela) Declared Venerable: 20 December 2012 Ven. Rosa Elena Cornejo Pazmiño (1874–1964), founderess, Franciscan Missionaries of the Immaculata (Ecuador)
After a huge hurricane hit this island in 1542, the image was moved to El Valle del Espíritu Santo in Margarita Island whereby the virgin was rename as Virgin of the Valley. [ 3 ] In Caracas there is also a very beautiful image of Virgen del Valle which is a centenary image and that it is in "Iglesia Nuestra Señora del Valle" located in Vista ...
A traditional Sicilian dish especially associated with Saint Joseph's Day is Maccu di San Giuseppe, which consists of maccu and various ingredients. [30] One prominent custom is the Saint Joseph's Day altar, which are elaborately decorated with figurines, medals, and votive candles.
Santa Marina de Aguas Santas, Seville. The traditional account of the life of Santa Marina points to the town of Xinzo de Limia as the place of her birth. At that time, the region of La Limia was a highly Romanized town (Forum Limicorum), through which the Vía Nova, which linked the towns of Bracara (Braga, Portugal) and Asturica (Astorga), passed.
Español: La obra representa a las vírgenes y mártires Santa Justa y Santa Rufina, y pertenece a la serie realizada por Murillo para la iglesia del convento de Capuchinos de Sevilla, donde se situaba en el retablo mayor. Las santas, que son prototipos de belleza popular sevillana, es una de las pinturas más famosas del pintor, y las hermanas ...
José Maria claimed to be the brother of the monk João Maria D’Agostini, an earlier religious leader in the region. [2] He was the religious leader of the rebels during the "Contestado War" of 1912–16, in which small farmers and settlers in Paraná and Santa Catarina who had been expelled from their lands fought against the large ...
Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer y Albás (born Jose María Mariano Escrivá y Albás; 9 January 1902 – 26 June 1975) was a Spanish Catholic priest who founded Opus Dei, an organization of laypeople and priests dedicated to the principle of everyday holiness. [1]