Feast March 7
Saint María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa
Virgin, patron of Daughters of the Divine Savior Female entrepreneurs Argentine missions · Feast March 7
Biography
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa, later known as Mama Antula in Santiagueño Quechua, was a Catholic religious sister who established the Daughters of the Divine Savior. She was beatified on 27 August 2016. On 11 February 2024, she was canonised by Pope Francis. She is Argentina's first female saint.
Feast day
March 7
Patronage
Daughters of the Divine Savior Female entrepreneurs Argentine missions
Birth date
1730
Death date
7 March 1799 (aged 69)
Canonization status
Canonized
Canonization date
11 February 2024
Canonized by
Pope Francis
Feast month
3
Wikidata qid
Q6003369
Feast day of month
7