Blessed Encarnación Gil Valls
Profile
Lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Baptized on the day of her birth, she was confirmed at age 5 and made her first Communion at 11, all in her parish church of Santa Maria. She considered religious life, but realized a vocation of helping her brother who as a parish priest. Taught elementary school. Member of Catholic Action the Daughters of Mary, a catechist, she was devoted to Eucharistic adoration. Martyred in the Spanish Civil War.
Born
- 27 January 1888 in Ontinyent, Valencia, Spain
- shot on the night of 24 September 1936 at the port of L’Ollería, Valencia, Spain
- 18 December 2000 by Pope John Paul II (decree of martyrdom)
MLA Citation
- “Blessed Encarnación Gil Valls“. CatholicSaints.Info. 23 April 2022. Web. 23 April 2024. <>