- Name
- Laura (Femenino)
- Meaning
- Merecedora de gloria, from Latín
- Other saints
- Other saints named Laura
- Secular name
- Laura de Santa Catalina de Siena Montoya y Upeguí
- Born
- May 26th 1874 en Jericó, Antioquia, in current Colombia
- Dead
- October 21st 1949 in Medellín, in current Colombia
- Process
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- Madevenerable el January 22nd 1991 por Blessed John Paul II
- Beatifiedel April 25th 2004 por Blessed John Paul II
- Canonized on May 12th 2013 by Francis
- Celebration
- October 21st
- Founder
- of las Misioneras de María Inmaculada y Santa Catalina de Siena
Fuente: wikimedia.org In Belencito, near Medellin, in Colombia, blessed Laura of Saint Catherine of Siena Montoya and Upegui, a virgin, who with notable success, was devoted to announce the Gospel among the indigenous peoples who were still unaware of the faith in Christ and founded the Congregation of the Mission Sisters. Roman martyrology