Jerónima de la Asunción

Who was Jerónima de la Asunción?

The Servant of God Mother Jeronima of the Assumption, P.C.C. was the foundress of the first Catholic monastery in Manila and the Far East. Mother Jeronima's monastery became known as the Monastery of Saint Clare in Intramuros, Philippines. For her efforts as the first founding missionary woman in the Philippines, the Vatican issued an apostolic decree for her beatification in 1734. This monastery was immortalized in the novel, Noli Me Tangere, written by the Philippine novelist, José Rizal.