Carmen Salles y Barangueras

Spanish nun, foundress and saint

María del Carmen Sallés y Barangueras (9 April 1848 – 25 July 1911) – in religious Carmen of Jesus – was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious and the founder of the Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Conception (Latin: Congregationem Sororum Conceptionistarum Missionariarum, Spanish: Congregación de las Religiosas Concepcionistas Misioneras de la Enseñanza).

Sallés is best known for being a strong advocate of both genders being equal and a staunch defender of the rights of women, since she made this the focus of her life from the beginning of her entrance into the religious life.

She was beatified on 15 March 1998 and was canonized on 21 October 2012 in Saint Peter's Square.