Jerónima de la Asunción

Servant of God

Jerónima de la Asunción

O.S.C.
The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente by Diego Velázquez
Poor Clare Nun
Born9 May 1555
Toledo, Spain
Died22 October 1630(1630-10-22) (aged 75)
Manila, Captaincy General of the Philippines
Resting placeReal Monasterio de Santa Clara de Manila, Quezon City, Philippines
Venerated inCatholic Church

Jerónima de la Asunción, O.S.C. (Spanish: Jerónima de la Asunción García Yánez y De La Fuente; 9 May 1555 – 22 October 1630) was a Spanish Catholic nun and abbess who founded the Real Monasterio de Santa Clara (Royal Monastery of Saint Clare) in Intramuros, Manila, Philippines.

For her efforts in establishing the first Catholic monastery in Manila and the Far East, the Vatican issued an apostolic decree for her beatification in 1734. This monastery was immortalized in the novel Noli Me Tángere, penned by the national hero, José Rizal.

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