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Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza, Spanish mystical poet and Catholic martyr (born 1566)

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Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza

16th and 17th-century Spanish religious poet

Luisa Carvajal y Mendoza is best known for her mystical religious poetry as well as her fight to spread Catholicism throughout England, by preaching against Anglicanism. She was imprisoned on two occasions, once in 1608 and again in 1613 for her Catholic proselytizing activities…
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January 2

Day of the year

January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 363 days remain until the end of the year.
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