6 moments

1. Birth at San Miguel Nepantla

   1648-11-12 · San Miguel Nepantla (now Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz), Tepetlixpa, State of Mexico, Mexico

   

   Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana was born at San Miguel Nepantla, now Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, in the present-day State of Mexico. Coordinates represent the modern settlement of Nepantla de Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; the exact colonial birth house is not established here.

2. Childhood residence at Hacienda de Panoaya

   1651-01-01 · Hacienda de Panoaya, Amecameca, State of Mexico, Mexico

   

   As a child, Juana came to live with her mother and grandfather at the Panoaya estate near Amecameca, where her early reading and study were associated with the family household. The date and residence statement are from the linked English Wikipedia article; coordinates represent Hacienda de Panoaya.

3. Sent to live in Mexico City

   1664-01-01 · Mexico City, New Spain (now Mexico City, Mexico)

   

   At age sixteen, Inés was sent from the Panoaya region to Mexico City, beginning the urban phase of her life and her association with the viceregal court. Coordinates are a representative point for Mexico City; the specific household is not identified by the source.

4. Entry into the Carmelite Convent of San José

   1667-08-14 · Convent of San José de las Carmelitas Descalzas (Santa Teresa la Antigua), Mexico City, Mexico

   

   Juana entered the Discalced Carmelite Convent of San José in Mexico City as a postulant. This was her first documented convent residence; she left later that year. The former Convent of San José is identified with Santa Teresa la Antigua; coordinates are for that documented historic site.

5. Cloistered life at the Convent of Santa Paula

   1669-01-01 · Convent of Santa Paula (Convent of San Jerónimo; now Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana), Mexico City, Mexico

   

   Sor Juana entered the Hieronymite convent of Santa Paula, later known as the Convent of San Jerónimo. It became her long-term residence, study, writing, and intellectual center. Coordinates are for the surviving former Convent of San Jerónimo complex.

6. Death in Mexico City

   1695-04-17 · Mexico City, New Spain (now Mexico City, Mexico)

   

   Sor Juana died in Mexico City after ministering to nuns affected by plague, ending her decades-long cloistered residence there. The source gives Mexico City as the place of death; the city-center coordinate is representative.