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Sor Jeronima |
Gender:Female
Ethnic origen: Unknown
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MysticsBiography:
A philanthropic, mystic poet who was at Santa Clara monastery, Lima in the seventeenth century. She wrote many poems and her autobiography. The latter was held in the San Francisco Archive, Lima. (García y García, 199)
References:
García y García, Elvira (1924) La mujer peruana a través de los siglos