Blessed Tomasa Ortiz Real | |
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Born | Bocairent, Valencia, Kingdom of Spain | 12 November 1842
Died | 26 February 1916 Alcantarilla, Murcia, Kingdom of Spain | (aged 73)
Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
Beatified | 21 March 2004, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II |
Feast | 26 February |
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Tomasa Ortiz Real (12 November 1842 – 26 February 1916) was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious who founded the Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart and assumed the religious name of "Piedad of the Cross" upon becoming a nun.[1]
Real's religious vocation blossomed during her late childhood following the reception of her First Communion though a range of impediments prevented her from embracing the religious life.[2] She soon realized her dream and became a professed nun while devoting her time to the care of the ill and orphaned children while using her order's resources to expand her work.[3]
The beatification for Real was presided in Saint Peter's Square on 21 March 2004 with Pope John Paul II presiding over the celebration.[4]