Ana de Léon Carvajal

• General Notes
  • 122-4.  From Medina del Campo, Castile.  First reconciled in 1601, when she was a doncella of 19.  Both parents reconciled in 1590s in Mexico City.  Full sister of Luis de Carvajal, who was burned alive.  "She was venerated as a saint among those of her lapsed law."  p. 123.  "She...frequented the Royal Hospital for Indians whiche was where Luis Perez Roldan and his wife, ISabel Nunez, had taken refuge, [and where] they met with other Judaizers...." p. 123.  "It has been said that the Devil once visited her in her cell as one of his own.  He appeared as a black figure and sat down on the bed with a great deal of familiararity." p. 124.  "She had a cancer of the left breast so deep that her entrails could be seen and the odor was intolerable."  She was given to secular authorities.