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Also known as

• Sister Climenta of Saint John the Baptist

Memorial

• 8 August

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Student at a Piarist school. Joined the Sisters of the Pious Schools in 1918. Taught at Zaragoza and Valencia, Spain. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.

Born

• 8 October 1893 in Igualada, Barcelona, Spain

Died

• 8 August 1936 in El Saler, Valencia, Spain

Venerated

• 28 June 1999 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Antonia Riba Mestres“. CatholicSaints.Info. 2 January 2018. Web. 19 January 2021. <>