Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish religious
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Place of Birth: Santomera, Region of Murcia, Spain
About Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera
- Blessed Maria Josefa Alhama y Valera (30 September 1893 – 8 February 1983) was a Roman Catholic Spanish nun and she was the founder of both the Handmaids of Merciful Love in 1930 and the Sons of Merciful Love in 1951.
- She took the name of "Maria Esperanza of Jesus" when she became a nun. Valera was cleared for beatification in 2013 after a miracle that had found to have been attributed to her intercession was cleared.
- She was beatified on in 2014 by Cardinal Angelo Amato on behalf of Pope Francis.
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