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The Convent of Saint Joseph is a monastery of Discalced Carmelite nuns located in the Spanish city of Ávila, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It was the first monastery founded by Saint Teresa of Jesus, who had the support of such important figures as the Bishop of Ávila, Alvaro Hurtado de Mendoza, who was later buried there. [1]
Following her example, Ana Núñez, together with Elvira Suárez and Juana Fajardo, founded a religious community dedicated to San José in 1563 in Veracruz. [1] However, because of the weather and regional insecurity, they decided to move the house to the city of Puebla. In 1601 they received a license from Don Diego Romano to found a ...
Mi Vida (My life) is the title of the studio album released by Mexican pop singer José Jos ...
The chronicler of her life was Friar Diego de San José, her brother, who was also not only in charge of chronicling Cecilia's life but also of her entire family. [ 5 ] The person in charge of Cecilia's education was her mother, a Christian woman with a strong humanistic background, [ 4 ] who taught Cecilia to write and read Spanish and Latin .
San José Abbey, Güigüe, Venezuela, is a Benedictine abbey of the Congregation of Missionary Benedictines of Saint Ottilien. Currently located to the south of Lago de Valencia , the monastic community was originally established as a mission procure in Caracas following World War I .
In 1646, construction began on the Carmelite convent, [1] through a petition by King Philip IV of Spain.The Monasterio del Señor San José de la Orden de nuestra Señora del Carmen (Monastery of Our Lady Carmen of San Jose) was founded in 1651 by Doña Ana Lanzós, a wealthy widow who donated her money and her magnificent residence (a large double sloped tiled roof) in the street that since ...
Convent of San Martín, (Benedictines): This convent predated the 12th century, existed in front of the Descalzas Reales, and was torn down by Joseph Bonaparte. A plaza with its name remains. Monastery of San Francisco, (Franciscans): An unlikely legend holds that the monastery was founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1217.
The Ermita de San Adrián de Sasabe (Spanish: Monasterio de San Adrián de Sasabe), a former hermitage or monastery in Sasabe, established in the 9th century, of which only the small Romanesque church now survives, was one of three monasteries (along San Juan de la Peña and San Pedro de Siresa) near Jaca where, as well as in that city, the itinerant 'Bishops of Aragon' (or of Huesca or of ...