Maria Soledad

Maria Soledad Torres y Acosta, S.M. was a Spanish Religious Sister who founded the Sisters, Servants of Mary, dedicated to nursing the sick and needy of the world. She is honored as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.

She was born the second of the five children of Francisco Torres, a dairy worker, and Antonia Acosta in Madrid onDecember 1826, and baptized Antonia Bibiana Manuela. Her parents ran a small business in their home near the Plaza de Espaa. She was educated by the Daughters of Charity and often visited the sick in her neighborhood, performing small penances for the benefit of others. She also helped at a free school for the poor run by the Daughters.

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