Saint Mariana of Jesus de Paredes O.F.S. (Spanish: Mariana or María Ana de Jesús de Paredes y Flores; October 31 1618 – May 26 1645) is a Roman Catholic saint and is the first person to be canonized from Ecuador. She was a hermit who is said to have sacrificed herself for the salvation of Quito. She was beatified by Pope Pius IX in 1853 and canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1950. She is the patron saint of Ecuador and venerated at the La Iglesia de la Compañía de Jesús in Quito.
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