Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía

Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía (27 November 1823 – 5 April 1896) – in religious Catalina de María – was an Argentine Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus. Zavalía was married for just over a decade before she followed her religious calling and founded an order that spread across Argentina; she collaborated with José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero before her death.

Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía

Saturnina Rodríguez de Zavalía (27 November 1823 – 5 April 1896) – in religious Catalina de María – was an Argentine Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Handmaids of the Heart of Jesus. Zavalía was married for just over a decade before she followed her religious calling and founded an order that spread across Argentina; she collaborated with José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero before her death.