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Venerable Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, also known as Mother Ignacia (1 February 1663 – 10 September 1748) was a Filipino Religious Sister of the Roman Catholic Church. Known for her acts of piety and religious poverty, founded the Congregation of the Sisters of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, the first native Filipino female congregation with approved pontifical status in what is now the Republic of the Philippines.〔Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo, History of the Religious of the Virgin Mary, UIC.edu.ph〕 Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo was declared Venerable by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007. ==Early life== The birthdate of Mother Ignacia del Espíritu Santo is piously attributed on February 1, 1663, based on the cultural customs of the Spanish Era. Only her baptismal record is preserved, which occurred on March 4, 1663. Ignacia was christened in the ''Church of the Holy Kings in the fifth Parián de Chinos''〔The baptismal church refers to the Church of the Three Kings in Binondo, Manila, located in the "5th section of the area, which is perhaps long gone now. The word ''Parián'' most likely refers to the Filipino-Chinese market district, where Ignacia was perhaps baptised due to the racial segregation in place at the time.〕〔On the meaning of Parian: The Inculturation of Filipino: Chinese Culture Mentality pp. 228-229. by Jose Vidamor B. Yu〕 by Fray Padre Alberto Collares, O.P. Ignacia was the eldest and sole surviving child of María Jerónima, a Filipina, and Jusepe Iuco, a Christian Chinese migrant from Amoy, China. Expected by her parents to marry at 21 years old, Ignacia sought religious counsel from Father Pablo Clain, a Jesuit priest from Bohemia in Czech Kingdom. The priest gave her the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola, from which Ignacia drew her religious devotion and piety. After this period of solitude and prayer, Ignacia finally decided to pursue her religious calling, to "remain in the service of the Divine Majesty” and “live by the sweat of her brow.” According to Father Murillo Velarde, her eyewitness biographer, Ignacia left her parents' home with only a needle and a pair of scissors. 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「Ignacia del Espíritu Santo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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