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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

María Maravillas Pidal y Chico de Guzman, was born in Madrid on November 4, 1891. From childhood she wanted to consecrate herself to God and dedicated her youth to helping those in need.

Attracted by the spirituality of Saint Teresa of Jesus and Saint John of the Cross and moved by her love for the Virgin Mary, she entered the El Escorial Carmel on October 12, 1919, taking the name of Sr Maravillas of Jesus.

In 1924 she founded a Monastery of Discalced Carmelites in Cerro de los Angeles, the geographical centre of the Iberian Peninsula, next to the monument to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, as a place of prayer and sacrifice for the Church and for Spain. 

During the religious persecution, Mother Maravillas shone for her spirit of reparation, her fortitude, serenity and trust in the Lord. As a sign of fidelity to St. Teresa she proceeded to  found ten other Carmelite convents, recovering traditional places of St. Teresa and St. John. Prioress for many years, she formed her sisters with the witness of her virtue and was distinguished by her mystical life, apostolic zeal and goodness, combined with firmness towards her nuns, who considered her a true mother. She died in the Carmel of La Aldehuela, on December 11, 1974, pronouncing the following words: «What happiness to die a Carmelite»!

The beatification ceremony was held on May 10, 1998. The solemn canonization ceremony on May 4, 2003.

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1. The canonical norms concerning the procedure to be followed in the Causes of Saints are stated in the Apostolic Constitution Divinus Perfectionis Magister promulgated by John Paul II on 25 January 1983 (AAS LXXV, 1983, 349-355).

2. To initiate a Cause it is necessary that at least five years pass after the death of the candidate. This is to allow for greater balance and objectivity in the evaluation of the case and to allow the emotions of the moment to decant. There must be a clear conviction among people about his/her sanctity (fama sanctitas) and about the efficacy of his/her intercession with the Lord (fama signorum).

She was born in Abellin (Nazareth) on January 5, 1846 to a Greek-Catholic family. She was baptized with the name Mariam. Orphaned at the age of two, she was adopted by her uncle with whom, in 1854, she went to Alexandria in Egypt. When she was twelve years old, a marriage was arranged for her without her knowledge; to prevent the wedding she cut off her hair, arousing the ire of her uncle and aunt who banished her among the servants. A former Muslim servant, knowing the harassment she suffered from her relatives, invited her to renounce her faith and become a Muslim, she immediately protested: «I am a daughter of the Catholic, Apostolic, Roman Church». The reaction was a scimitar blow to the throat. Then, wrapped lifeless in a sheet, she was abandoned on the street. She woke up in a cave, assisted by a ‘nun dressed in blue’ – Miriam said it was the Virgin – who prophesied her future. Healed, she wandered for thirteen years working as a maid in Alexandria, Jerusalem and Beirut.

In 1863 with the Naggiar family she moved to Marseilles, where she felt the call to the consecrated life. In 1865 she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Apparition who, however, did not admit her to Profession, frightened by the extraordinary phenomena that Mariam considered a disease: kidnappings, visions and, from March 29, 1867, the stigmata. On 14^th of June 1867, she entered the Carmel of Pau where on 27 July she took the habit with the name of Mary of Jesus Crucified. In 1870 he left for Mangalore for the foundation of a monastery, but two years later she returned to Pau due to misunderstandings which, together with a painful diabolical infestation, constituted her great purification.

In 1872 Sister Mariam confided to her superiors that the Lord wanted a Carmel in Bethlehem: she arrived there on September 11, 1875 as architect and construction manager and with the generous collaboration of Berta Dartigaux. On August 22^nd, 1878 she fell, fracturing an arm that became gangrenous. On August 26, she died a holy death.

The beatification ceremony was held on November 13, 1983. The solemn ceremony of canonization on May 17, 2015. 

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 Canonización de la Beata María de Jesús Crucificado 17 de Mayo de 2015 en Roma. Comentarios del P. Ildefonso Moriones OCD.

    Santa María de Jesús Crucificado, con el P. Eduardo Sanz