Ignacia del Espíritu Santo

Deceased Person

1663 – 1748

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Who was Ignacia del Espíritu Santo?

Venerable Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, also known as Mother Ignacia was a Filipino Religious Sister of the Roman Catholic Church. Known for her acts of piety and religious poverty, founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first native Filipino female congregation with approved pontifical status in what is now the Republic of the Philippines. Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo was declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.

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Born
Feb 1, 1663
Binondo, Manila
Also known as
  • Ignacia del Espiritu Santo
  • Ignacia del Espirtu Santo
Religion
  • Catholicism
Ethnicity
  • Chinese Filipino
Lived in
  • Manila
Died
Sep 10, 1748
Intramuros

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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