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Also known as

• Filomena of Saint Francis de Paola

Memorial

• 23 July

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Nun in the Order of Minim Nuns in the Archdiocese of Barcelona, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 28 September 1895 in Barcelona, Spain

Died

• 23 July 1936 at the Sant Genís dels Agudells highway, Horta, Barcelona, Spain

Venerated

20 December 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 27 October 2013 by Pope Benedict XVI

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Ana Ballesta Gelmá“. CatholicSaints.Info. 22 July 2015. Web. 22 September 2019. <>