An exploration of women's involvement in the Latin American Wars of Independence

Juana de Jesús María

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María de Jesús

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

Connections:

Texts:
1756 - Vida Prodigiosa de la Venerable Virgin Juana de Jesús de la tercera orden de penitencia de nuestro seraphico padre San Francisco que Florecia en el Monasterio de Santa Clara de Quito

Biography:
A devout, cultured Peruvian woman who wrote a 3 volume story of her life, of which it is said that only the 3rd volume has been found (in the Biblioteca Nacional de Lima). Many passages show her love of divinity translated into poetic inspiration. She died in 1804. (Romero de Valle, 165)

References:

Romero de Valle, Emilia (1966) Diccionario manual de literatura peruana y materias afines
Santa María, P. Pr. Gral. Fr. Francilco Xavier, Antonio de (1756) Juana de Jesús María, Vida Prodigiosa de la Venerable Virgin Juana de Jesús de la tercera orden de penitencia de nuestro seraphico padre San Francisco que Florecia en el Monasterio de Santa Clara de Quito