María Francisca Ricart Olmos (original) (raw)

María Francisca Ricart Olmos, religious name María Guadalupe, (23 February 1881 - 2 October 1936) was a Spanish nun of the Servite Order. Ricart's call to the religious life manifested at the time she made her First Communion after expressing the desire to consecrate herself to God; she entered the convent when she turned fifteen and served her convent as both a prioress and mistress of novices. Her peers held her in high regard for her dedication to helping and instructing the novices] as well as for her compassionate and jovial character.