Mercedes de Jesús Egido

Mercedes de Jesús Egido (29 March 1935 – 3 August 2004) was a Spanish Roman Catholic nun of the Order of the Immaculate Conception.

Biography

Born in Salamanca, Mercedes de Jesús Egido joined the Order of the Immaculate Conception on 25 October 1953, in La Puebla de Montalbán, Toledo. She became a nun on 27 April 1954, took her temporary vows of consecrated life on 12 May 1955, and her solemn vows on 16 May 1958. On 20 January 1964 she was moved to Alcázar de San Juan, Ciudad Real by the Federation.^{[clarification needed]}

Influenced by the Second Vatican Council's 1965 Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Religious Life she followed Saint Beatrix da Silva, founder of the Order of the Immaculate Conception, and on 8 September 1996 became a member of the Order after she received the Decree of Approval of the amendments of the General Constitution of the Order from the monastery] of Alcázar de San Juan.

She died on 3 August 2004 in the Monastery of Alcázar de San Juan. The Requiem Mass was presided over by 19 priests including the Emeritus Bishop Don Rafael Torija.

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Name	Jesus Egido, Mercedes De
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Date of birth	29 March 1935
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Date of death	3 August 2004
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