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of the monastery on 27 April 1954, at which time she was given the
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accepted her cause for beatification for investigation.
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on 16 May 1958. On 20 January 1964 she was moved to
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152:La Puebla de Montalbán
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184:Alcázar de San Juan
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120:Biography
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