Saturnino López Novoa (29 November 1830 – 12 March 1905) was a Spanish Catholic priest and the co-founder of the Hermanitas de los Ancianos Desamparados, which he established with Teresa Jornet e Ibars.

He continued to minister to the poor and ill following his uncle's death and set out establishing new houses and facilities for his religious congregation.

[3] It was after his mother died that he went to Berlanga de Duero where he lived with his maternal aunt Manuela (born in 1771 in Las Inviernas).

In autumn 1838 he started his studies in Latin under the canon Miguel Ormazábal and it was just after this that his father remarried in 1840 to Antonia Arauzo (their child Guillermo was born in 1841).

His father also worked in the local council but was fired and so managed a store to provide income for his newborn son and wife.

Novoa was given the tonsure alongside his brother Silverio in Sigüenza on 21 June 1848 while their aunt Manuela died on 25 January 1849 but he did not hear this news until less than a week later.

[3] He finished his ecclesial studies (which included Greek) in 1852 but could not be ordained at that time since he had not reached the canonical age nor had he received a dispensation for such.

[2] The pair arrived in Rome on 27 November 1869 ahead of schedule so decided to visit the major basilicas and the relics of Saint Lawrence.

He co-founded his religious congregation alongside his friend Saint Teresa Jornet Ibars on 27 January 1873 with the first house being established in Barbastro.

In 1885 he was decorated with the Orden Civil de la Beneficencia Cross in recognition for his extensive humanitarian efforts in a cholera epidemic that struck Huesca.

[2] In February 1903 he organized his personal archives and completed his last will which he signed on 25 March knowing that his health was failing at a gradual pace.

cardinal and bishop members also approved the cause on 17 June 2014 while on 8 July he became titled as Venerable after Pope Francis issued a decree acknowledging Novoa's life of heroic virtue.