Feast February 23
Blessed Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga
Blessed · Religious founder, patron of Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels · Feast February 23
Biography
Rafaela Ybarra Arambarri de Vilallonga was a Spanish Roman Catholic widow and the founder of the Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels. Vilallonga was part of Bilbao's upper-class and she mothered seven children with her husband José Vilallonga.
Feast day
February 23
Patronage
Sisters of the Holy Guardian Angels
Birth date
1843-01-16
Death date
1900-02-23
Canonization status
Beatified
Feast month
2
Wikidata qid
Q2636771
Feast day of month
23