Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMaria Soledad Torres y Acosta
Spanish saint and foundress
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Place of Birth: Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain
About Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta
- Saint MarÃa Soledad Torres y Acosta (2 December 1826 – 11 October 1887) - born Manuela - was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Servants of Mary.
- Her apostolic actions - and those of her order - were dedicated towards the nursing of the sick and the poor in the places that it operated in.
- Torres' childhood consisted of the desire to join the religious life and managed to join a priest's fledgling religious cluster of women after the Dominicans refused to admit her due to her frail constitution.
- But a series of struggles saw her in a conflicted position of leadership that saw her removed and reinstated twice. Torres was beatified in 1950 and was later proclaimed a saint in 1970.
- Her liturgical feast is affixed to the date of her death as is the norm.
- In 2016, a movie was produced in Spain (original title: Luz de Soledad) that tells her vocation and the struggles during the early years of her life as founder.
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