Did you know: Franciscan order
ON AUG. 5, 1621, a group of nuns from the Franciscan order arrived in Manila to establish the first convent in the country, the Monasterio de Santa Clara in Intramuros.
Jeronima de la Asuncion was appointed founder and abbess of the convent. Marielle Medina, Inquirer Research
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