Dora del Hoyo was born in 1914 in Boca de Huergaro, Spain. She moved to Rome in 1946 to help in the household administration of the first center of Opus Dei in the Italian capital. She is buried in the Crypt of Our Lady of Peace, the church of the Prelature of Opus Dei, located also in Rome.
Bishop Javier Echevarría, Prelate of Opus Dei, concelebrated a solemn funeral Mass at the Basilica of St. Eugene for Dora
