Saint Narcisa de Jesús Martillo-Morán
- 8 December
- 30 August on some calendars
Profile
Daughter of Pedro Martillo Mosquera and Josefina Moran. Her people were farmers, and her parents died when she was still a child. She moved to Guayaquil, Ecuador where for the next 15 years she worked as a seamstress to support her younger siblings, living a single life, helping those even poorer than herself when she could, and spending her time in prayer. In 1868 she moved to Lima, Peru where she worked in a convent of Dominican nuns. She never took vows and remained a lay person her whole life, but spent eight hours a day in prayer, lived as austerely as any sister, and was known to experience ecstasies.
Born
- 29 October 1832 at Nobol, Guayas, Ecuador
- 23 October 1987 by Pope John Paul II (decree of heroic virtues)
- 25 October 1992 by Pope John Paul II at Rome, Italy
- Sunday 12 October 2008 by Pope Benedict XVI
MLA Citation
- “Saint Narcisa de Jesús Martillo-Morán“. CatholicSaints.Info. 30 June 2023. Web. 27 April 2024. <>