Francisca Hernández

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Francisca Hernández was a prominent Spanish mystic associated with the alumbrados movement in the early 16th century, known for her visionary experiences and subsequent Inquisition trials.

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Francisca Hernández canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Inquisition defendant
Spanish person
alumbrado
mystic
accusedOf alumbradismo
heresy
activeInCentury 16th century
activeInPeriod early 16th century
areaOfInfluence religious devotion and spirituality
associatedWith Spanish clergy sympathetic to alumbrados
lay devotional circles in Castile
causeOfNotability charges of heresy related to alumbradismo
countryOfCitizenship Spain
era Early Modern period
ethnicGroup Spanish
gender female
hasCharacteristic claimed ecstatic visions
controversial religious influence
hasReputation controversial mystic
emblematic figure of alumbradismo
historicalContext Catholic Reformation era in Spain
influenced perceptions of female mystics in Spain
influencedBy contemporary currents of interior devotion in Spain
languageOfExpression Spanish
legalStatus Inquisition suspect
movement Spanish mysticism
alumbrados
notableEvent Inquisition investigation for alumbrado beliefs
notableFor Inquisition trials
association with the alumbrados movement
visionary experiences
opponent Spanish Inquisition
partOf history of Christian mysticism
history of the Spanish Inquisition
placeOfActivity Castile
Spain
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrderOrRole lay visionary
subjectOf Inquisition records
research on the alumbrados
studies on Spanish mysticism
typeOfMysticism interior spirituality
visionary mysticism

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

alumbrados hasNotableMember Francisca Hernández
alumbrados de Castilla notableMember Francisca Hernández
subject surface form: Alumbrados de Castilla