![]() 1623) returned to Spain, where she was received by the king and awarded lifelong military pension, then visited the Pope (1625) collaborated with Juan Pérez de Montalván in penning drama based on her adventures (c. Born Catalina de Erauso on Febru(some sources cite 1585), in San Sebastián, in northern Spain disappeared and assumed dead in Mexico at Veracruz, 1635 (some sources cite her survival in Mexico until 1650) daughter of Miguel de Erauso and María Pérez de Galarraga y Arce attended the Dominican Convent of San Sebastián el Antiguo, to age 15 never married no children.Įscaped the convent, dressed as a man, and worked as an accountant and page (1607) fled to America as a "cabin boy" and became soldier of fortune in Perú, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina (beginning 1608) revealed in confession that she was a woman (c. Name variations: Erauzo Erauzú Francisco de Erauso Francisco de Loyola Alfonso Díaz Ramírez de Guzmán called La Monja Alférez ("the Nun Ensign"). ![]() ![]() ![]() Spanish woman who fled a convent and, disguised as a man, rose to the rank of lieutenant in the Spanish colonial army in South America, then returned to Spain where her exploits were immortalized. ![]()
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