Florentina Nicol Goni

Also known as

Maria Ascension of the Heart of Jesus; Mother Ascension del Corazon de Jesus; Mother Ascensión Nicol Goñi

Memorial

24 February

Profile

Youngest of four children. Educated in the Saint Rose of Lima Dominican boarding school at Huesca, Spain where she became a Dominican nun in 1885, taking the name Ascensión. Teacher in 1886. In 1913 the Spanish state took over the school expelled the sisters. Missionary to Peru, arriving with eight others on 30 December 1913, teaching girls and caring for the poor and sick. Co-founded the Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary on 5 October 1918, and served the rest of her life as its first superior. Today the congregation has 785 missionaries in 21 nations.

Born

14 March 1868 in Tafalla, Navarre, Spain as Florentina Nicol Goni

Died

24 February 1940 of natural causes

Venerated

2 April 2003 by Pope John Paul II

Beatified

14 May 2005 by Pope Benedict XVI; recognition celebrated by Cardinal Saraiva Martins in Saint Peter's Basilica, Vatican City

Canonized

pending; if you have information relevant to the canonization of Blessed Florentina, contact:
   Misioneras Dominicas del Ssmo. Rosario
   C/ General Kirkpatrick, 44
   28027 Madrid, SPAIN

Additional Information

Agenzia Fides: Biography
Agenzia Fides: Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary
Agenzia Fides: Historical process of the Congregation
Agenzia Fides: Mother Maria Auxiliadora Hernández Martínez, Superior General delle Dominican Missionaries of the Rosary

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