Mary of the Miracles of Jesus
Mary of the Miracles of Jesus ( Spanish María Maravillas de Jesús , born Pidal y Chico de Guzman ) (born November 4, 1891 in Madrid , Spain , † December 11, 1974 in La Aldehuela near Madrid) was a Spanish bareback Carmelite . She is venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church .
Life
Maria Pidal, daughter of the Ambassador of Spain to the Holy See , vowed eternal virginity at the age of five and devoted herself to charitable works at an early age. In 1919 she joined the Discalced Carmelite Sisters and took the religious name Mary of the Miracles of Jesus to dress . In 1926 Sr. Maravillas founded a Carmel with three other nuns on Cerre de los Angeles and was elected prioress there.
At the request of the local bishop, she founded a Carmelite convent in Kottayam , India , in 1933 , from which several new foundations began. During the Spanish Civil War , the Carmelites were persecuted and placed under house arrest. In 1937 the convent resettled in Las Batuecas near Salamanca and in 1939 was able to return to the destroyed Carmel on Cerre de los Angeles, which the nuns rebuilt. In the following years Sr. Maravillas was able to found several new Carmelite convents in Spain. Mary of the Miracles of Jesus was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1998 and canonized on May 4, 2003 in Madrid. Her memorial day in the liturgy is December 11th .
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| SURNAME | Mary of the Miracles of Jesus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | María Maravillas de Jesús, Pidal y Chico de Guzman (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish Discalced Carmelite, saint |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 4, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Madrid |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1974 |
| Place of death | La Aldehuela near Madrid |