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Memorial

• 8 November

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Ten Conceptionist nuns who were martyred together in the Spanish Civil War.

• Balbina Rodríguez Higuera
• Basilia Diez Recio
• Clotilde Campos Urdiales
• Eustáquia Monedero
• Isabel Lacaba Andia
• Juana Josefa Ochotorena Arniz
• Manuela Prensa Cano
• María de Las Nieves Rodríguez Higuera
• Narcisa García Villa
• Petra Peirós Benito

Died

• 8 November 1936 in Madrid, Spain

Venerated

• 15 January 2019 by Pope Francis (decree of martyrdom)

Beatified

• 1 June 2019 by Pope Francis
• beatification recognition celebrated at the Cathedral of La Almudena, Madrid, Spain, presided by Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu

MLA Citation

• “Conceptionist Martyrs of Madrid“. CatholicSaints.Info. 18 January 2019. Web. 19 January 2021. <>