Francisca María Leonel (Beltrán) de Caicedo

Other names: Caycedo, Francisca María del Niño Jesús

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1665  -  Bogotá  -  Not applicable  -  Born
1708  -  Bogotá  -  Unknown  -  Died

Connections:

Nuns
Writers (women) autobiographies

Biography:
Born in 1665, she became Venerable Madre of the Real Convento de Carmelitas Descalzas, Santafé whose autobiography was printed in 1723. The manuscript has disappeared, a fragment "La Patria de la Venerable Madre Francisca María" was published in Hojas de cultural popular (no publisher's name) in 1952. She died in 1708. (Robledo, 30-31)

References:

Velásquez Toro, Magdala; Reyes Cárdenas, Catalina; Rodríguez Jiménez, Pablo (editor). (1995) Las mujeres en la historia de Colombia