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1602 - Born on April 2nd in Agreda, Spain. Spanish abbess, nun and mystic.
1620 - She took her vows as a Franciscan nun.
1627 - Became abbess of a Franciscan monastery in Agreda, retaining this office, except for a brief period.
1643 - King Philip IV of Spain visited María, initiating a correspondence that was maintained until her death. Their letters dealt with spiritual and political matters and form a rich source for historians on Philip's reign.
1670 - Her best-known work is The Mystical City of God, a life of the Virgin Mary ostensibly based on divine revelations granted to María.
1665 - Died on May 24th in Agreda.
1681 - The letter was placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, but the ban was lifted afterwards; Spanish theologians maintained from the start that most of the opposition arose from a misunderstanding of the Spanish text.
1620 - She took her vows as a Franciscan nun.
1627 - Became abbess of a Franciscan monastery in Agreda, retaining this office, except for a brief period.
1643 - King Philip IV of Spain visited María, initiating a correspondence that was maintained until her death. Their letters dealt with spiritual and political matters and form a rich source for historians on Philip's reign.
1670 - Her best-known work is The Mystical City of God, a life of the Virgin Mary ostensibly based on divine revelations granted to María.
1665 - Died on May 24th in Agreda.
1681 - The letter was placed on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, but the ban was lifted afterwards; Spanish theologians maintained from the start that most of the opposition arose from a misunderstanding of the Spanish text.
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