Carmen Rendiles
Venezuelan Religious Sister, foundress and saint of the Catholic Church · Venezuela · On the map · Lived 1903 to 1977 · aged 73
Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez, SJC María Carmen in religion and also known as Maria del Monte Carmelo Rendiles, was a Venezuelan Catholic religious sister who founded the congregation of the Servants of Jesus of Caracas.
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Rendiles first served in leadership for the Servants of the Eucharist in France, where she completed her novitiate, before returning to Venezuela to found her congregation in 1965. She was its first superior general. On October 19, 2025, she was canonized. In January 2026 Pope Leo XIV sought her intercession following the US raid on Venezuela.