Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro
Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro (6 June 1837 – 8 August 1905) was the co-foundress of the Religious Congregation of the Servants of St. Joseph, who developed the "Nazareth workshop" as both a new format for consecrated life and to help poor and unemployed women. They were an innovative foundation of Religious Sisters in Spain in the nineteenth century.
Saint Bonifacia Rodríguez y Castro S.S.J. | |
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| Foundress | |
| Born | 3 June 1837 Salamanca, Spain |
| Died | 8 August 1905 (aged 68) Zamora, Spain |
| Venerated in | Roman Catholic Church |
| Beatified | 9 November 2003, St. Peter's Basilica by Pope John Paul II |
| Canonized | 23 October 2011, Rome by Pope Benedict XVI |
| Attributes | Co-foundress of the Servants of St. Joseph |
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