Jerónima Nava y Saavedra (25 April 1669 – 31 May 1727) was a writer and Catholic religious from New Kingdom of Granada (present-day Colombia).
Biography edit
She was born in the town of Tocaima, Bogotá Province, New Kingdom of Granada, 25 April 1669. After Nava's mother died when she was five years old, Nava moved to Santa Fe de Bogotá, where she later entered the Santa Clara Convent. She became a religious and spent the rest of her life in various positions such as caretaker, nurse, secretary and choir vicar.
Her confessor, the priest Juan de Olmos y Zapiaín, described her physically and intellectually as "a tall woman, with a lively and beautiful face and eyes and a sensitive intelligence and manly understanding."[1]
The only known work by Nava is Autobiografía de una Monja Venerable, (Autobiography of a Venerable Nun),[2][3] a set of 64 mystical visions written in the most mature period of her life thanks to the approval given by her confessor, Juan de Olmos y Zapiaín, who gave his support to continue this work. In the book, she put into verse her raptures, mystical anguish, and the tribulations that she suffered with her health.[4]
She died in Santa Fe de Bogotá on 31 May 1727.
Works edit
- Autobiografía de una Monja Venerable
References edit
- ^ "Jerónima Nava y Saavedra". Semana.com (in Spanish). 3 December 2005. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Obras de Nava y Saavedra, Jerónima, 1669-1727". www.cervantesvirtual.com (in Spanish). Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. p. 1. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ Robledo, Ángela Inés (2001). "La autobiografía espiritual de Jerónima Nava y Saavedra: juego entre afirmación y obediencia". Cuadernos de Literatura (in Spanish). Pontificia Universidad Javeriana - Bogotá D.C. - Colombia. pp. 81–89. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ Robledo, Angela Inés; Rodríguez, Pablo (31 May 1995). "Autobiografía de una monja venerable: Jerónima Nava y Saavedra (1669-1727). [Reseña]". Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Retrieved 28 August 2021.