Sor Teresa de Cruz

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Medals
Medals
     

Gender:Female

Ethnic origen: Unknown

Events:

1822  -  Peru  -  Patriot  -  She was awarded the Orden del Sol.
1822  -  Peru  -  Unknown  -  She was a nun at Encarnación convent.

Connections:

Encarnación Convent, Peru
Nuns
Orden del Sol (women)

Biography:
A nun at the Encarnación Convent, Peru, she was distinguished by decree for her services to the independence cause in January 1821. (Gaceta de Lima, 6-2-1822, p.3.)

References:

(1950) Gaceta del Gobierno de Lima Independiente, Tomos I-III, Julio 1822-dic 1822