Rafaela Ybarra de Vilallonga was the founder of the Sister of the Holy Guardian Angels in what city that is the largest in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole?
Bilbao Bilbao ( ; ] ; Basque: "Bilbo" ] ) is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the Basque Country as a whole. Bilbao is the tenth largest city in Spain, with a population of 345,141 as of 2015. The Bilbao metropolitan area has roughly 1 million inhabitants, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in northern Spain; with a population of 875,552 the comarca of Greater Bilbao is the fifth-largest urban area in Spain. Bilbao is also the main urban area in what is defined as the Greater Basque region.
Rafaela Porras Ayllón Saint Rafaela Porras Ayllón (1 March 1850 - 6 January 1925) was a Spanish Roman Catholic professed religious who established the Handmaids of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in conjecture with her sister; upon becoming a nun she assumed the religious name of "María of the Sacred Heart of Jesus". She was a nun for most of her life and devoted herself to the management of the congregation and resided in Rome until her death after her resignation as the order's superior in 1893.