María Vicenta Rosal Vásquez Beth. | |
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| Born | 26 October 1820 Quetzaltenango, Guatemala |
| Died | 24 August 1886 (aged 65) Tulcán, Carchi, Ecuador |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 4 May 1997, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
| Feast | 27 October |
| Attributes | Religious habit |
| Patronage | Missionaries |
María Vicenta Rosal Vásquez, Beth. (in religion, María de la Encarnación del Corazón de Jesús; 26 October 1815 - 24 August 1886) was a Guatemalan Catholic member of the Bethlemite Sisters.[1] Rosal was an advocate of women's education and protection, which proved to be significant in view of the machismo culture that was pervasive in the region at the time.[2][3]
Her beatification was celebrated in Rome in mid-1997; she is the first female Guatemalan to be beatified.