Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, Spanish Dominican lay sister and mystic (died 1731)

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado

Spanish Dominican lay sister, mystic and visionary

Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, was a 17th-century Spanish Dominican lay sister, mystic and visionary. She was widely known as La Siervita in the Canary Islands. She lived a life that was austere and simple. Many miracles were attributed to her.