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Biography

MARÍA JUSTA
MARÍA JUSTA

1. María Justa de Jesús was a


Franciscan nun and Spanish
mystic who was tried as a witch
during the Inquisition. She
trained as a Franciscan at the San
José de La Orotava Convent. Her
life was shrouded in mysticism
and controversy.
Birth

She was born on


January 6, 1667
in La Victoria de
Acentejo in the north of
the island of Tenerife.
Occupation

She dedicated himself to curing the sick by transferring


the illnesses and diseases that afflict them to themselves.
Franciscan Order

Religious
Order:
Burial place

La Orotava
in the province of Santa
Cruz de Tenerife.
Death

She died in 1723 in La Orotava,


Tenerife (After his death, the
Franciscan Order of the Canary
Islands carried out a canonization
process that was later stopped).
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