Blessed Ana Josefa Pérez Florido
Patron of Mothers of the Forsaken, St. Joseph of the Mountain
Feast day: August 16
1845 – 1906
Ana Petra Pérez Florido, religious name Petra of Saint Joseph, was a Spanish religious sister. She established the Congregation of the Mothers of the Forsaken and St. Joseph of the Mountain (Madres de los Desamparados y San José de la Montaña) to care for the abandoned as well as the elderly and infirm. Pope John Paul II beatified her on 16 October 1994.
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