Blessed María del Carmen Viel Ferrando
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Lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Baptized at the age of two days, and made her First Communion on 24 April 1904 in her home parish of Saint Peter the Apostle. Worked as a seamstress. Studied sociology; she worked with working young people, and brought the Salesian Sisters to the region in 1931 to help with the religious education of young people. She was devoted to Eucharistic adoration, regular Communion, and prayed the rosary every day. Member of Catholic Action. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
27 November 1893 in Sueca, Valencia, Spain
Died
5 November 1936 in El Saler, Valencia, Spain
Beatified
11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II
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