First Filipina: Ignacia del Espiritu Santo

11.29.2007

Ignacia del Espiritu Santo

Ignacia del Espiritu Santo

1st Filipina to establish the first all-Filipino religious congregation for women in the Philippines, Religious of the Virgin Mary (RVM, 1684)

ALIAS
"Mother Ignacia"
"Mother Foundress"

DATE OF BIRTH
1663

BIRTHPLACE
Binondo, Manila, Philippines

FATHER: Jusepe Incua (or Jusepe Iuco)
MOTHER: Maria Jeronima

YEAR OF DEATH
September 10, 1748

USEFUL LINKS

The Foundress - Mother Ignacia del Espiritu Santo
Wikipedia Article on Ignacia del Espiritu Santo
St. Mary's Academy Foundress

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