María Josefa Sancho de Guerra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish religious (1842-1912)
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Place of Birth: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque Country, Spain
About María Josefa Sancho de Guerra
- Saint María Josefa Sancho de Guerra (7 September 1842 – 20 March 1912) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun who established her own congregation known as the Servants of Jesus of Charity.
- She wanted her new congregation to focus on the care of the sick and the poor.
- She assumed the name of "María Josefa of the Heart of Jesus". Pope John Paul II beatified her on 27 September 1992 and canonized her on 1 October 2000.
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