Estéban de Perea
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Estéban de Perea was a Spanish Franciscan friar who undertook missionary work in New Mexico, a province of New Spain, between 1610 and 1638.
At times he was in conflict with the governors of the province.
He has been called the "Father of the New Mexican Church".
Sandia Mountains from a point close to the Sandia Pueblo
Quarai Mission Church in Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, New Mexico
Mary of Jesus of Ágreda
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Mary of Jesus of Ágreda , OIC, also known as the Abbess of Ágreda, was a Franciscan abbess and spiritual writer, known especially for her extensive correspondence with King Philip IV of Spain and reports of her bilocation between Spain and its colonies in New Spain. She was a noted mystic of her era.
A view of the Monastery of the Immaculate Conception founded by the Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda with a statue of her in front.
The title page of the Mistica Ciudad de Dios, Vida de la Virgen María, a work written by the Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda and published in 1722
Lying below the blue recumbent statue is the incorrupt body of the Venerable María de Jesús de Ágreda in the Church of the Conceptionists Convent in Ágreda, Spain.