page_title: Jerónima de la Asunción
hierarchical_section_title: Jerónima de la Asunción
caption_attribution_description: Español: Retrato de la venerable religiosa franciscana Jerónima de la Fuente (1555-1630).
context_page_description: Venerable Mother Jerónima de la Asunción, O.S.C. was a Catholic nun who founded the Real Monasterio de Santa Clara in Intramuros, Philippines.
  For her efforts in establishing the first Catholic monastery in Manila and the Far East, the Vatican issued an apostolic decree for her beatification in 1734. This monastery was immortalized in the novel Noli Me Tángere, penned by the national hero, José Rizal.
context_section_description: Venerable Mother Jerónima de la Asunción, O.S.C. (Spanish: Gerónima de la Asunción García Yánez y De La Fuente; May 9, 1555 – October 22, 1630) was a  Catholic nun who founded the Real Monasterio de Santa Clara (Royal Monastery of Saint Clare) in Intramuros, Philippines.
  For her efforts in establishing the first Catholic monastery in Manila and the Far East, the Vatican issued an apostolic decree for her beatification in 1734. This monastery was immortalized in the novel Noli Me Tángere, penned by the national hero, José Rizal.
caption: The Nun Jerónima de la Fuente by Diego Velázquez
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