Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, R.V.M.

Venerable Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, also known as Mother Ignacia (1 February 1663 – 10 September 1748) was a Filipino Religious Sister of the Roman Catholic Church.

Known for her acts of piety and religious poverty, founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first native Filipino female congregation with approved pontifical status in what is now the Republic of the Philippines.

Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo was declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignacia_del_Esp%C3%ADritu_Santo