![]() Nevertheless, finding the encounter too close for comfort, de Erauso fled Valladolid and spent time in Bilbao, Seville, and ultimately back in San Sebastian.Īfterward, she set sail for the wonders of the Americas, “New Spain,” working as a cabin boy. He did not recognize that the person standing before him was, in fact, the very runaway daughter he was inquiring about. In Valladolid, she even encountered her father. Now disguised as a man, the fugitive novice wandered mostly unnoticed through Spain. She even claimed to have fried out and flattened her breasts with a certain ointment. ![]() Imprisoned for feuding with a fellow novice (this was to become a habit for her), she stole the convent keys, then emulated the likes of Joan of Arc and Hua Mulan by running away, cutting her hair short, and disguising herself as a man.Ĭatalina De Erauso would retain this disguise for most of her life, prompting modern-day audiences to question her gender identity. ![]() Cloistered life, however, was not for de Erauso. ![]()
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