Deaths on September 10

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo

Died on September 10, 1748

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, Filipino nun, founded the Religious of the Virgin Mary (b. 1663)

Ignacia del Espíritu Santo luco, also known as Mother Ignacia (February 1, 1663 – September 10, 1748) was a Filipino religious sister of the Catholic Church. She was known for her acts of piety and religious poverty and 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 Espíritu Santo was declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in July 6, 2007.

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