Bl. Társila Córdoba Belda de Girona

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Born: 8 May 1861 in Sollana, Valencia, Spain 

Died: shot at dawn on 17 October 1936 against the wall of the cemetery in Algemesí, Valencia, Spain 

Beatified: 11 March 2001 by Pope John Paul II 

Feast day: October 17

Lifelong lay woman in the archdiocese of Valencia, Spain. Married to Girona Lozano in 1884; mother of three; all of them preceded her in death. Widowed in 1922, she devoted herself to the Church and her faith. Had a great devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, was active in parish life, a member of Catholic Action, and had a ministry to the poor. Imprisoned on 10 October in the Spanish Civil War, she spent her final week ministering to fellow prisoners. Martyr.