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Laura, madre, 1874-1949

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Personal name headingLaura, madre, 1874-1949
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Variant(s)Laura de Santa Catalina, madre, 1874-1949
Laura, de Santa Catalina, madre, 1874-1949
Laura, mother, 1874-1949
Montoya, Laura, Saint, 1874-1949
Montoya Upegui, Laura, 1874-1949
Upegui, Laura Montoya, 1874-1949
Associated placeDabeiba (Antioquia, Colombia)
Birth date1874-05-26
Death date1949-10-21
Place of birthJericó (Antioquia, Colombia)
Place of deathMedellín (Colombia)
Field of activityIndians of South America--Colombia--Antioquia (Department)
AffiliationNormale de Institutoras de Medellín
Misioneras de María Inmaculada y Santa Catalina de Sena
Profession or occupationChristian saints Elementary school teachers
Found inMesa, C.E. La madre Laura, 1986: p. 13, etc. (Laura Montoya; Laura Montoya Upegui; b. 5/26/1874 in Jericó, Antioquia; d. 10/21/49)
Autobiografia de la madre Laura de Santa Catalina, 1971
Habemus santa, mayo de 2013: title page (Laura Montoya) page 227 (canonized on May 12, 2013 by Pope Francis) page 229 (santa Laura Montoya)
Vatican website, October 19, 2019: (Laura Montoya Upegui; born May 26, 1874 in Jericó, Antioquia, Colombia; studied at the Normale de Institutoras of Medellín and became an elementary school teacher in different parts of Antioquia; on May 14, 1914, she left Medellín together with four other young women and headed to Dabeiba to live among the native Indians and became known as the Missionaries of Mary Immaculate and St Catherine of Siena; Mother Laura; died on 21 October 1949 in Medellín)
   <http://www.vatican.va/news_services/liturgy/saints/ns_lit_doc_20040425_montoya_en.html>
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