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a nun, was so called because he spent most of her life in Spain, although born at Naples in 1519. She was entrusted with the instruction of Don Carlos, the son of Philip II; but she abandoned him because of his indocility, and joined the Carmelites as the companion of St. Theresa. She died in 1577. See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. G n rale, s.v.