Benigna Victim of Jesus


Benigna Victim of Jesus

CIANSP
Born(1907-08-16)16 August 1907
Diamantina, Brazil
Died16 October 1981(1981-10-16) (aged 74)
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Maria da Conceição Santos, CIANSP (religious name: Benigna Victim of Jesus; 16 August 1907 — 16 October 1981), better known as Sister Benigna, was an Afro-Brazilian mother superior of the Congregation of Auxiliaries of Our Lady of Piety.

On October 15, 2011, the process of her beatification cause was opened by the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte. On February 18, 2022, Pope Francis declared her venerable.