Saint María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa (religious name María Antonia of Saint Joseph; 1730 – 7 March 1799), later known as Mama Antula in Santiagueño Quechua, was a Catholic religious sister who established the Daughters of the Divine Savior (Spanish: Hijas del Divino Salvador). She was—on the account of her model Christian life of heroic virtue—proclaimed to be venerable in 2010, and beatified on 27 August 2016. On 11 February 2024, she was canonised by Pope Francis.
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Maria Antonia de Paz y Figueroa 1730 Silípica, Santiago del Estero, Argentina
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6 March 1799 (aged 68) Buenos Aires, Argentina
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