Saints from Ecuador

Read the full stories of 3 saints whose birth or early family origins are associated with present-day Ecuador.

Showing 1–3 of 3. Read each story’s origin note for traditional or disputed accounts.

Religious

St. Mariana de Jesús de Paredes

Mariana of Jesus de Paredes is a Catholic saint and was the first person to be canonized from what is now Ecuador.

Religious · February 9

Miguel Febres Cordero was an Ecuadorian Roman Catholic religious brother.

Ecuador · Present-day geography

Religious · 30 August

Narcisa de Jesús Martillo Morán was an Ecuadorian virgin and Dominican tertiary in the Roman Catholic Church.