Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez
Rita Josefa Pujalte Sánchez also known by her religious name as Rita of Our Lady of Sorrows (18 February 1853 – 20 July 1936) was a Spanish religious sister and superior general from the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She was executed during the early days of the Spanish Civil War, and was subsequently declared a martyr and beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1998.
In the Martyrology
- July 20 Blesseds Rita Dolores del Corazón de Jesús Pujalte Sánchez and Francisca del Corazón de Jesús Aldea Araújo, virgins of the Sisters of Charity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, martyrs of Spain