Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro Saint

Saint Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro, S.S.J., (6 June 1837 – 8 August 1905) was the co-foundress of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of St. Joseph, who developed the "Nazareth workshop" as both a new format for consecrated life and to help poor and unemployed women. They were an innovative foundation of Religious Sisters in Spain in the 19th century.

Personal facts

Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro
Birth dateJune 06, 1837
Birth place
Spain , Salamanca
Date of deathAugust 08, 1905
Place of death
Spain , Zamora Spain
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beatified by
Pope John Paul II
beatified dateNovember 09, 2003
beatified place
St. Peter's Basilica
canonized by
Pope Benedict XVI
canonized dateOctober 23, 2011
canonized place
Rome
venerated in
Catholic Church

Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.siervasdesanjose.org/posplamostrar.asp?id=130&comunidad=1
  2. http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20031109_castro_en.html