Christian feast day: Mercè Prat i Prat

Mercè Prat i Prat, STJ was a Spanish Catholic nun who was a member of the Societatis Sanctae Teresiae a Iesu. She assumed the religious name of Maria Mercè of the Sacred Heart. She was killed during the Spanish Civil War on the charge of being a religious sister. Pope John Paul II beatified her on 29 April 1990 in Saint Peter's Square.