Juana de la Cruz Vázquez y Gutiérrez, TOR, (3 May 1481 – 3 May 1534), was a Spanish abbess of the Franciscan Third Order Regular. Known to be a mystic, she was authorized to preach publicly, an extraordinary permission for a woman. Living at the start of Spanish mysticism's golden era, she is counted among Teresa of Ávila's literary mothers. In 2015 she was declared Venerable by the Catholic Church.
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3 May 1481 Azaña, Toledo, Crown of Castile
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Died |
3 May 1534 (aged 53) Cubas de la Sagra, Madrid, Spain
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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