Autobiography of catalina de erauso biografia corta
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Catalina de erauso lieutenant nun!
817: Catalina de Erauso
The Lieutenant Nun
Born: c.1585-1592, San Sebastian, Basque, Spain
Last Known Sighting: c.1650, Veracruz or Cuitlaxtla, New Spain (Present-day Veracruz, Mexico)
Also Known As: La Monja Alferez or Antonio de Erauso
Before she was born, Catalina’s father was wounded in battle.
He made a vow, that if he were to survive his wounds, all his sons would join the army and all his daughters would become nuns. Therefore, Catalina was trapped in a convent from the age of four to fifteen with abusive nuns who would beat her regularly.
Autobiography of catalina de erauso biografia corta
Obviously, this marked the young girl, and she decided freedom was more important than staying in one place.
Catalina eventually ran away and started crossdressing (taking the masculine name Francisco de Loyola). From that point onward Catalina lived her life as a hard drinking, womanizing, killer of men.
Her first victim came when Catalina was eighteen (or eleven if you believe the later birth year of 1592*, but eighteen is