SAINT
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A saint of the Catholic Church
biography
Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez also known by her religious name as Rita of Our Lady of Sorrows was a Spanish religious sister and superior general from the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was executed during the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and was subsequently declared a martyr and beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
feast Day
07-20
birth Date
18 February 1853
death Date
20 July 1936 (aged 83)
canonization Status
beatified
feast Month
7
feast Day Of Month
20

