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The seven visitation sisters were martyred during the Spanish Civil War in 1936, all of them belonging to the Visitation Monastary in Madrid, Spain.
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Their names are Blessed Sister Maria Gabriela de Hinolosa Naveros, Blessed Sister Josefa Maria Darrera Izaguirre, Blessed Sister
Teresa Maria Cavestany y Anduaga, Blessed Sister Maria Angela Olaizola Garagarza, Blessed Sister Maria Engracla Lecuona Ararnburu, Blessed Sister Maria Ines Zudaire Galdeano and Blessed Sister Maria Cecilia Cendoya Araquista. -
All of them died that day except for the youngest, Sister Maria Cecilia. She had instinctively run off and she surrendered immediately.
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Their shared feast day is November 18th.
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