Mystical Expression and Teresian Parallels in the Work of Sóror Isabel Do Menino Jesus (Portugal, Seventeenth–Eighteenth Centuries)
Religions July 21, 2026 R. Sánchez
The present study focuses on the Portuguese Franciscan nun Sóror Isabel do Menino Jesus (1673–1752), a religious of the Convent of Santa Clara in Portalegre (Portugal), and the author of several writings of mystical, ascetical, and autobiographical content. Two of these texts were selected as the object of study: the autobiography and the mystical treatise, which are examined in parallel with...