Francisca de San José

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1655  -  Mexico  -  Not applicable  -  Born
1729  -  Mexico  -  Unknown  -  The story of her life was published.

Connections:

Mystics
Nuns
Women, subject of paintings/ songs/true or fictionalised stories

Biography:
Born in Mexico in 1655, she became a mystic nun who renounced material goods. Her story was published in 1729 by Jesuit Don Domingo de Quiroga as a model of beatitude and saintliness. (Domenella, 365.)

References:

Domenella, Ana Rosa, and Pasternac, Nora (editor). (1997) Las voces olvidadas: Antologia critica de narradoras mexicanas en el siglo XIX