Elvira Moragas Cantarero
Elvira Moragas Cantarero, in religion María Sagrario de San Luis Gonzaga (8 January 1881 – 15 August 1936), was a Spanish Catholic nun of the Discalced Carmelites. She was previously one of the first women to become a pharmacist, and her time in the convent saw her assume leadership roles before the Spanish Civil War forced her to go into hiding. She was captured and later shot dead after remaining silent during interrogations.
Her sainthood cause was opened in 1962 under Pope John XXIII. Pope John Paul II beatified her in 1998.
Patron saint of Pharmacists
In the Martyrology
- August 15 Blessed María Sagrario de San Luis Gonzaga Moraga Cantarero, Discalced Carmelite virgin and martyr of Spain