Servant of God Amalia of Jesus Flagellated MJC | |
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![]() Portrait of Sister Amalia, seer of Our Lady of Tears of Campinas | |
Born | Riós, Spain | 22 July 1901
Died | 18 April 1977 Taubaté, Brazil | (aged 75)
Amalia of Jesus Flagellated MJC (22 July 1901 – 18 April 1977), born Amalia Aguirre Queija, was a Catholic religious sister and mystic. She was co-founder of the institute of the Missionary Sisters of Jesus Crucified, best known for receiving, in the 1930s, the apparitions of Our Lady of Tears in Campinas, Brazil.[1][2][3][4] Among the miraculous events surrounding her life are, among others, visions and stigmata.