Rafaela Porras Ayllón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Rafaela Porras Ayllón

Date of Birth: 06-Jan-1850

Place of Birth: Pedro Abad, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 06-Jan-1925

Profession: nun

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Rafaela Porras Ayllón (1 March 1850 - 6 January 1925) was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in conjunction with her sister; upon becoming a nun she assumed the religious name of "María of the Sacred Heart of Jesus".
She was a nun for most of her life and devoted herself to the management of the congregation and resided in Rome until her death after her resignation as the order's superior in 1893.The approval of two miracles attributed to her intercession allowed for Pope Pius XII to preside over her beatification in 1952 and the approval of a third miracle allowed for Pope Paul VI to canonize her as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church in 1977; she is the patron of her order.