Rafaela Porras Ayllón
Rafaela Porras Ayllón, religious name Mary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, (1 March 1850 – 6 January 1925) was a Spanish religious sister who established the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in conjunction with her sister Dolores. She devoted herself to the management of the congregation and resided in Rome until her death after her resignation as the congregation's superior in 1893.
Pope Paul VI canonised her in 1977; she is the patron of the congregation.
Patron saint of Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
In the Martyrology
- January 6 Saint María del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, virgin, founder of the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus