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Also known as

• Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola

Memorial

• 9 August

Profile

Oldest of seven children born to Juan Miguel Cipitria and María Jesús Barriola. The family were weavers, and Juana learned the craft as a child. At age 18 she left home to work as a maid to a family in Burgos, Spain. Juana early felt a call to religious life, and on 8 December 1871 she founded the Congregation of the Daughters of Jesus to work for a Christian upbringing of children, and to improve the condition of woman in Salamanca, Spain. She took the name Mother Candida Maria de Jesus, and the Congregation received papal approval from Pope Leo XIII on 30 July 1901. Mother Candida based her spirituality on the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola.

Born

• 31 May 1845 in Andoáin, Guipúzcoa, Spain as Juana Josefa Cipitria y Barriola

Died

• 9 August 1912 in Salamanca, Spain of natural causes

Venerated

• 6 July 1993 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 8 May 1996 by Pope John Paul II

Canonized

• 17 October 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI

Patronage

• Daughters of Jesus

MLA Citation

• “Saint Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 June 2023. Web. 23 May 2024. <>