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Catalina de Erauso or Katalina Erauso, also known in Spanish as La Monja Alférez (English, ''The Nun Lieutenant'') (1592,〔1592 according to the record of her baptism; 1585, according to her supposed autobiography. See .〕 San Sebastián, Spain—1650, Cuetlaxtla (near Orizaba), New Spain), was a personality of the Basque Country, Spain and Spanish America in the first half of the 17th century. == Life == Catalina de Erauso was born in 1585 to a Basque family who resided in San Sebastián, Spain. Her father was Captain Miguel de Erauso and her mother María Pérez de Gallárraga y Arce. Her father and brothers were soldiers in the Spanish army. In her family and culture, religion and upholding family honor came first. At four years old Catalina de Erauso was placed in the convent of Dominican nuns, in the town of San Sebastian the Elder. There, she trained to become a nun if a marriage proposal was not presented. While the Basque daughters were presented with two options, conventional marriage or the conventual life,〔Lieutenant Nun〕 the sons we given more opportunities and freedom to explore the world. At the age of fifteen, the age in which Catalina would be required to make her final vows and profess herself a nun, Catalina decided that she was not going to allow her family’s traditions or strong religious beliefs guide her life. She ran away from the convent on March 18, 1600. Catalina disguised herself by dressing as a man, and began her journey to the New World. She gave herself the name "Francisco de Loyola". Catalina traveled first to Valladolid, then to Bilbao. From there, to get to the New World, she presented herself as different roles such as a servant and a page to the king's secretary. Catalina crossed the Atlantic on her deceived uncle's galleon, working as a ship's boy, and jumped ship in the New World. She arrived in Spanish America in the town of Concepción, Chile and enlisted as a soldier in the Chile army under the name ''Alonso Díaz Ramírez de Guzmán''. She served under several captains in the Arauco War, including her own brother, who never recognized her.〔Petition of Catalina de Erauso to the Spanish Crown, 1625 (see external link below)〕 While fighting in the New World in a battle against Native Americans, Catalina recaptured the Spanish flag after it was taken by the chief. She chased the chief on horse and killed him and other Native Americans in the process even though she was wounded. For this she was appointed Lieutenant by the governor and remained a Lieutenant for five years. Catalina then accidentally killed her brother during a duel a few years later while in the New World. After realizing what she had done she was horrified. She was then prosecuted for eight months on the charge of rebellion. With the help of Juan Ponce de Leòn she escaped to Valdivia and then Tucumán. After another fight in which Catalina killed a man and was wounded seriously, she revealed her sex as female in a deathbed confession. She however survived after four months of convalescence and left for Guamanga. To escape yet another incident, she confessed her sex to the bishop, Fray Agustín de Carvajal. Induced by Fray she entered a convent and her story spread across the ocean. In 1620, the archbishop of Lima called her. In 1624, she arrived in Spain, having changed ship after another fight. In June 29, 1626, Catalina de Erauso was seen by Pope Urban VIII, who granted her a special dispensation that would allow her to continue to wear men's clothing. Her portrait by Francesco Crescenzio is lost. Back in Spain, Francisco Pacheco (Velázquez's father-in-law) painted Catalina in 1630. She again left Spain in 1645, this time for New Spain in the fleet of Pedro de Ursúa, where she became a mule driver on the road from Veracruz. In New Spain she used the name ''Antonio de Erauso''. Catalina died in Cuetlaxtla, New Spain in 1650. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Catalina de Erauso」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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