María López de Rivas Martinez was born in Spain on 18 August 1560 into a life of wealth.

She was introduced to a Jesuit priest on 12 August 1577 and took this as a chance to become a member of the Carmelites at Toledo at the age of seventeen despite her precarious state of health.

[4] The beatification process commenced in Toledo on 10 December 1926 and it conferred the title of Servant of God upon her.

[5] She was declared to be Venerable on 22 June 1972 after Pope Paul VI recognized her life of heroic virtue.

[1] The third miracle attributed to her intercession needed for her canonization was investigated and the process was ratified on 13 October 1995.