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|SaintName=Blessed María de Jesús de Ágreda | |SaintName=Blessed María de Jesús de Ágreda | ||
|SaintStage=Blessed | |SaintStage=Blessed | ||
|SaintBirthDate= | |FeastDay=May 24 | ||
|SaintBirthDate=1602-02-04 | |||
|SaintBirthPlace=Ágreda, Soria, Spain | |SaintBirthPlace=Ágreda, Soria, Spain | ||
|SaintBirthCoordinates=41.850000, -1.616700 | |SaintBirthCoordinates=41.850000, -1.616700 | ||
|DeathPlace=Ágreda, Soria, Spain | |DeathPlace=Ágreda, Soria, Spain | ||
|SaintDeathCoordinates=41.850000, -1.616700 | |SaintDeathCoordinates=41.850000, -1.616700 | ||
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|NotableLabel1=Convent of profession and mystical life | |NotableLabel1=Convent of profession and mystical life | ||
|NotableCoordinates1=41.850000, -1.616700 | |NotableCoordinates1=41.850000, -1.616700 | ||
| | |AssociatedCountries=Spain; Mexico | ||
|AssociatedDioceses=[[Diocese of Osma-Soria]] | |||
|Beatifier=Pope Pius VI | |Beatifier=Pope Pius VI | ||
|BeatificationLocation=Rome, Papal States | |BeatificationLocation=Rome, Papal States | ||
|Canonized=No | |Canonized=No | ||
|Profession=nun; mystic | |Profession=nun; mystic | ||
|ReligiousAffiliation=Poor Clares (Conceptionist Franciscan) | |ReligiousAffiliation=Poor Clares (Conceptionist Franciscan) | ||
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|Attributes=Franciscan habit; book; bilocation | |Attributes=Franciscan habit; book; bilocation | ||
|PrimaryShrine=Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Ágreda, Soria, Spain | |PrimaryShrine=Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Ágreda, Soria, Spain | ||
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'''Blessed María de Jesús de Ágreda''' (religious name '''María de Jesús'''; 2 April 1602 – 24 May 1665), popularly known as the '''Blue Lady''' or '''Lady in Blue''', was a 17th-century Spanish Conceptionist Franciscan nun, mystic, and spiritual writer renowned for her bilocations to the Americas and her controversial work ''Mystical City of God''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_%C3%81greda |title=María de Ágreda |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born María Coronel y Arana in Ágreda, Castile, to a noble family, she professed solemn vows at age 16 in the Convent of the Immaculate Conception (founded by her mother), becoming abbess at 25 and guiding the community for 47 years while experiencing ecstasies and mystical phenomena, as documented in convent annals and Inquisition processes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7048 |title=Bl. Maria of Agreda |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Between 1620 and 1631, she reportedly bilocated over 500 times to the Jumano and other tribes in New Mexico and Texas, instructing them in Christianity and preparing the ground for Franciscan missions, a claim investigated by the Spanish Inquisition and supported by contemporaneous missionary testimonies from New Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15274b.htm |title=Ven. María de Jesús de Ágreda |publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Her eight-volume ''Mystical City of God'' (1655–1660), a life of the Virgin Mary dictated by heavenly command, was condemned then rehabilitated by the Holy See, remaining influential despite theological controversy. | '''Blessed María de Jesús de Ágreda''' (religious name '''María de Jesús'''; 2 April 1602 – 24 May 1665), popularly known as the '''Blue Lady''' or '''Lady in Blue''', was a 17th-century Spanish Conceptionist Franciscan nun, mystic, and spiritual writer renowned for her bilocations to the Americas and her controversial work ''Mystical City of God''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa_de_%C3%81greda |title=María de Ágreda |publisher=Wikipedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Born María Coronel y Arana in Ágreda, Castile, to a noble family, she professed solemn vows at age 16 in the Convent of the Immaculate Conception (founded by her mother), becoming abbess at 25 and guiding the community for 47 years while experiencing ecstasies and mystical phenomena, as documented in convent annals and Inquisition processes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=7048 |title=Bl. Maria of Agreda |publisher=Catholic Online |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Between 1620 and 1631, she reportedly bilocated over 500 times to the Jumano and other tribes in New Mexico and Texas, instructing them in Christianity and preparing the ground for Franciscan missions, a claim investigated by the Spanish Inquisition and supported by contemporaneous missionary testimonies from New Mexico.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15274b.htm |title=Ven. María de Jesús de Ágreda |publisher=New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia |access-date=2025-11-16}}</ref> Her eight-volume ''Mystical City of God'' (1655–1660), a life of the Virgin Mary dictated by heavenly command, was condemned then rehabilitated by the Holy See, remaining influential despite theological controversy. | ||