Maria Micaela Desmaisieres, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMaria Micaela Desmaisieres
Spanish saint
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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About Maria Micaela Desmaisieres
- Saint Micaela Desmaisières López de Dicastillo (1 January 1809 - 24 August 1865) - in religion MarÃa Micaela of the Blessed Sacrament - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of the Blessed Sacrament.
- Desmaisières grew up around several European monarchs since her brother - whom she travelled with - was an ambassador to such courts though she later decided to take care of girls and women of a poorer socio-economic background which extended to the care of the ill.The sainthood cause opened on 19 August 1902 under Pope Leo XIII - she was titled as a Servant of God - while Pope Pius XI named her as Venerable on 11 June 1922.
- The same pope beatified her in 1925 and canonized her as a saint in 1934.
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