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Mary Ward (nun) Mary Ward, IBVM CJ (23 January 1585 – 30 January 1645) [1] was an English Catholic religious sister whose activities led to the founding of the Congregation of Jesus and the Institute of the Blessed Virgin Mary, better known as the Sisters of Loreto. There is now a network of around 200 Mary Ward schools worldwide. [2]
Ursula de Jesus (1604–1668) was a Roman Catholic mystic of African descent in 17-century Peru. She was born in Lima, Peru, and was the legitimate daughter of Juan Castilla and Isabel de los Rios. Isabel de los Rios was a slave, leaving Ursula to inherit her mother's status. Ursula de Jesus was an African Peruvian who rose out of slavery to ...
Mystical City of God. Title page of the revelations of Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda, 1722, Verdussen, Antwerp. Mystical City of God is a book written in the 17th century by the Franciscan nun Venerable Mary of Jesus of Ágreda . According to María de Ágreda, the book was to a considerable extent dictated to her by the Blessed Virgin ...
v. t. e. Mary of Jesus of Ágreda ( Spanish: María de Jesús de Ágreda ), OIC, also known as the Abbess of Ágreda (2 April 1602 – 24 May 1665), was a Franciscan abbess and spiritual writer, known especially for her extensive correspondence with King Philip IV of Spain and reports of her bilocation between Spain and its colonies in New Spain.
Ana de Jesús, translated into English as Anne of Jesus (25 November 1545 – 4 March 1621), was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun and writer. She was a close companion of Teresa of Ávila, foundress of the Carmelite reform and served to establish new monasteries of the Order throughout Europe.
Nun. A nun is a woman who vows to dedicate her life to religious service and contemplation, [ 1] typically living under vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience in the enclosure of a monastery or convent. [ 2]
Agnes of Jesus, OP (born Agnès Galand and also known as Agnes of Langeac; 17 November 1602 – 19 October 1634 [1]) was a French Catholic nun of the Dominican Order.She was prioress of her monastery at Langeac, and is venerated in the Catholic Church, having been beatified by Pope John Paul II on 20 November 1994.
During the 17th century, over 80,000 women lived and were educated in convents. [3] [4] Nuns never received monetary compensation. They served without salary, surviving on charity. [5] Although many young girls lived in the convents, they were not nuns. Every European Catholic city had at least one convent and some had dozens or more. [6]