Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetSaturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía
founder of a religious order and designated Venerable by the Catholic church
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Place of Birth: Córdoba, Córdoba Province, Argentina
About Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía
- Blessed Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía (27 November 1823 – 5 April 1896) – in religious Catalina de María – was an Argentine Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus.
- Zavalía was married for just over a decade before she followed her religious calling and founded an order that spread across Argentina; she collaborated with Saint José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero before her death.The canonization cause started on 1 September 1941 and Pope John Paul II later titled her as Venerable on 18 December 1997.
- Zavalía was beatified on 25 November 2017 at a Mass celebrated in Córdoba with Cardinal Angelo Amato presiding over it.
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