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Also known as

• Mercedes of Jesus
• Mercedes Maria di Gesù

Memorial

• 12 June

Profile

Nun in 1873. Founded the Institute of the Sisters of Saint Mariana of Jesus (Marianitas Sisters) to care for and educate orphans and poor girls, and to help prostitutes escape the life.

Born

• 1828 in Baba, Los Ríos, Ecuador as Mercedes Molina

Died

• 12 June 1883 in Riobamba, Chimborazo, Ecuador of natural causes

Venerated

• 27 November 1981 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)

Beatified

• 1 February 1985 by Pope John Paul II in Guayaquil, Ecuador

MLA Citation

• “Blessed Mercedes de Jesús Molina y Ayala“. CatholicSaints.Info. 1 July 2023. Web. 19 April 2024. <>