Christian feast day: Narcisa de Jesús

Narcisa de Jesús

Ecuadoran virgin and saint (1832–1869)

Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán was an Ecuadorian virgin and Dominican tertiary in the Roman Catholic Church. Martillo was known for her charitable giving and strict devotion to Jesus Christ while living a virginal and austere life of prayer and penance. Her devotion to prayer…