Elvira was born in Lillo, Spain, on January 8, 1881, to Ricardo Moragas and Isabel Cantarero, the third of four children. Following in her father's footsteps she became the first woman in her country to obtain a degree in pharmacy.

On 15^th of June 1915, she entered the  Discalced Carmelite nuns in the monastery of Saints Anne and Joseph in Madrid. On 24^th of December 1916 she made her simple vows and on 6^th of January 1920 her solemn vows. 

She was fervently devoted to the mystery of the Most Blessed Sacrament, so much so that she received the religious name of «Sagrario», which in Spanish means «Tabernacle», becoming Sr Mary Sagrario of St Aloysius Gonzaga.

From 1927 to 1933, she was prioress of the monastery, later she was entrusted with the humble task of porter or Turn Sister. On 1^st of July 1936, she was re-elected prioress of the community, and had to face the precipitating political events that led to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War and anti-Catholic persecution.

Despite the intimidation pressuring the community to leave the monastery, she remained there with some sisters. On July 20, the monastery was stormed by militiamen, and she was taken to a «checa», an installation used by the Republican faction to detain, torture, judge and execute those who were suspected sympathizers of the opposing side. Finally, taken to the town of «Pradera de San Isidro» near Madrid, she was shot in the early hours of August 15, 1936.

The decree on martyrdom was promulgated on March 8, 1997. The beatification ceremony took place on May 10, 1998.

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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

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Evento musicale Chiquitunga

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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

Giuseppina Catanea (Blessed Mary Josephine of Jesus Crucified) was born in Naples on February 18, 1896. After commercial studies, in 1918 she entered the monastery of Sts Teresa and Joseph of the Discalced Carmelite nuns, built on the hill of the Ponti Rossi, where her sister Antonietta had already entered.

Of delicate health, in 1912 she was struck by tuberculosis, paresis and spinal meningism, but ten years later she recovered, by touching a relic of St. Francis Xavier. It was the beginning of an apostolate that the «holy nun», as she was called, carried out throughout her life, welcoming sick people and people in search of spiritual comfort to the monastery.

Her self-denial continued uninterruptedly even when, at the age of fifty, she was confined to a wheelchair. In September 1945, she was elected prioress, holding that office until her death on March 14, 1948.

She was beatified in the Cathedral of Naples on June 1^st, 2008, during the pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI.

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