María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa
María Antonia de Paz y Figueroa (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 beatified on 27 August 2016. On 11 February 2024, she was canonised by Pope Francis. She is Argentina's first female saint.
Patron saint of Daughters of the Divine Savior; Female entrepreneurs; Argentine missions
In the Martyrology
- March 7 Saint María Antonia de San José (Antonia de Paz y Figueroa), religious