Tomasa Ortiz Real

Blessed
Tomasa Ortiz Real
Religious
Born(1842-11-12)12 November 1842
Bocairent, Valencia, Kingdom of Spain
Died26 February 1916(1916-02-26) (aged 73)
Alcantarilla, Murcia, Kingdom of Spain
Venerated inRoman Catholic Church
Beatified21 March 2004, Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City by Pope John Paul II
Feast26 February
Attributes
  • Religious habit
Patronage
  • Salesian Sisters of the Sacred Heart
  • Vocations

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]

  1. ^ "Piedad de la Cruz Ortiz Real (1842-1916)". Holy See. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  2. ^ "Blessed Piedad de la Cruz Ortiz Real". Santi e Beati. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Blessed Piedad de la Cruz Ortiz Real". Saints SQPN. 20 February 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Blessed Piedad della Croce Ortiz Real, February 26". The Black Cordelias. 26 February 2009. Retrieved 30 June 2016.