Blessed Anna Maria Janer Anglarill
Profile
Studied at the Real Colegio de Educandras. Worked as a nurse in the Castelltort Hospital. Director the House of Charity and cared for orphans, young people and the elderly. Teacher. Established a hospital for the poor. Founded the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family of Urgell on 29 June 1859. Today the Institute works in Spain, Andorra, Italy, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Equatorial Guinea; the Sisters work in schools, hospitals and nursing homes, missions, parishes and other apostolates.
Born
- 18 December 1800 in Cervera, Lleida, Spain
- 11 January 1885 in Talarn, Lleida, Spain
- 3 July 2009 by Pope Benedict XVI (decree of heroic virtues)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Anna Maria Janer Anglarill“. CatholicSaints.Info. 7 July 2009. Web. 22 January 2021. <>