María Guggiari Echeverría, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMaría Guggiari Echeverría
Paraguayan nun (1925-1959)
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Place of Birth: Villarrica, Guairá Department, Paraguay
About María Guggiari Echeverría
- Blessed María Guggiari Echeverría (12 January 1925 – 28 April 1959) – in religion María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado – was a Paraguayan Roman Catholic professed religious from the Discalced Carmelite Order who also served in her adolescence as a member of Catholic Action.
- Echeverría entered the order despite the opposition of her parents and was a close friend of Saua Angel – a friend from Catholic Action who became a priest.Guggiari Echeverría's cause for sainthood commenced under Pope John Paul II in 1997 after she received the title Servant of God, and the confirmation of her heroic virtue led to Pope Benedict XVI conferring the title of Venerable on 27 March 2010.
- Pope Francis confirmed her beatification and it was celebrated on 23 June 2018.
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