Sor Catalina Luisa de Jesús María y José Herrera

Other names/titles:
Gender: F
Ethnic origin: Unknown

Biographical details

Born in Guayaquil in 1717, she entered a convent on 23 April 1741. (Vasco de Escudero, 26)

She became prioress of the Convent Santa Catalina de Sena, Quito, and wrote her autobiography, Secretos entre el alma y Diós.(Knaster, 155.)

She died in 1795.

Life Events

Born	1717
Other	1741	She entered a convent on 23 April 1741.
Died	1795

References

Knaster, Meri, (1977), Women in Spanish America: An Annotated Bibliography from Pre-Conquest to Contemporary Times

Vasco de Escudero, Grecia, (1977), Los Archivos Quiteños

Publications

Edited Book: Autobiografia de la Vble. Madre Sor Catalina de Jesús Herrera

Edited Book: Floregio doctrinal de la Vble Madre Herrera

Links

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