Blessed María de la Salud Baldoví Trull
Also known as
- Sister María Micaela
- Mother María Micaela
- Micaela Baldovi Trull
- Maria Micaela Baldoví Trull
- María de la Salud
Profile
The eldest of five children born to Juan Bautista Baldoví and Joaquina Trull. She joined the Cistercian nuns at the Gratia Dei Monastery in La Zaidía, Valencia, Spain in 1892, making her profession in 1893. She served as abbess of the house from 1917 to 1921. Feeling a call to a stricter observance of the Cistercian Rule, she and six like-minded sisters founded the Fons Saltus abbey in June 1925, and Mother María Micaela served as its first abbess. In June 1936, when the Spanish Civil War broke out, the sisters were kicked out of their house which was covert to a prison. On 16 October 1936, Mother Maria was imprisoned in her own abbey, and subjected to several weeks of abuse before finally being executed. Martyr.
Born
- shot at about 9 in the morning on 9 November 1936 on the road outside Benifayó, Valencia, Spain with several other sisters
- the bodies were decapitated and dumped in a mass grave
- after the war, the bodies were recovered and given Christian burial in the Benifayó cemetery
- later re-interred in the crypt of the Ermita del Cristo de la Agonía church
- relics transferred to the Fons Salutis convent in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain in 1974
- 22 January 2015 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)
- 3 October 2015 by Pope Francis
- beatification recognition celebrated at the cathedral of Santander, Spain, Cardinal Angelo Amato principal celebrant
MLA Citation
- ‘Blessed María de la Salud Baldoví Trull‘. CatholicSaints.Info. 13 July 2023. Web. 12 November 2026. <>